Parshat Yitro
By
Yerachmiel Bratt
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"Vayichon Sham Yisrael neged hehar.""And Israel encamped there, opposite the mountain."
Shmot 19:2
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Har is a two-letter Hebrew word. "In front of" har are the letters, kaf and
dalet. "Behind" har are the letters vav and shin. Thus, holiness (kadosh)
surrounds the word har and emanates from the mountain itself. By receiving
the Torah on Mount Sinai, Israel acquired its holiness -- Hashem similarly
described Israel as holy while they resided near the mountain as the Torah
tells us, "you shall be a priestly kingdom to me, a holy nation."
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