Matan Torah

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Matan Torah is the Jewish term for the divine giving of the Torah to the Israelites, traditionally understood to have occurred at Mount Sinai.

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Matan Torah canonical 1
מתן תורה 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish religious concept
event in Jewish tradition
associatedWithLocation Mount Sinai
surface form: Har Sinai

Mount Sinai
associatedWithPeople Israelites
celebratedOn Shavuot
centralTo Judaism
commemoratedByPractice all-night Torah study on Shavuot
reading of the Ten Commandments on Shavuot
describedIn Book of Exodus
Exodus 19
Exodus 20:1–17
surface form: Exodus 20

Parashat Yitro
Torah
hasHebrewName Matan Torah self-linksurface differs
surface form: מתן תורה
hasLiteralMeaning giving of the Torah
includes giving of the Written Torah
revelation of the Ten Commandments
involves God speaking to Israel
Moses as mediator
smoke on Mount Sinai
sound of the shofar
thunder and lightning at Sinai
keyFigure Aaron
the LORD
surface form: God of Israel

Moses
entire people of Israel
languageOfTerm Hebrew
liturgicalThemeOf Shavuot
precededBy Exodus from Egypt
journey through the wilderness to Sinai
refersTo divine giving of the Torah
relatedConcept Mosaic covenant
surface form: Sinai covenant

Torah from Heaven
revelation at Sinai
religiousSignificance foundational event of Jewish law
moment of national revelation
origin of halakha
sourceFor 613 mitzvot (in traditional counting)
Jewish commandments
studiedIn Jewish mysticism
Jewish philosophy
Midrash
Talmud
theologicallyAssociatedWith giving of the Oral Torah
timeInTradition after counting of the Omer
fifty days after the Exodus
understoodAs covenant between God and Israel
viewedAs unique national revelation in Jewish thought

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Matan Torah hasHebrewName Matan Torah self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: מתן תורה