At Sinai the Torah says:

There was

Burning fire and smoke, and the

Sound of a Shofar

 

And the Almighty Spoke

And Moshe Rabaynu (Moses) Spoke

And EVERYONE Heard

 

And King Solomon described the scene 500 years later,

 in the Song of Songs -

 

from the view of the Almighty - as it were - sending up a

Super Smoke Signal -

that the world heard about (which is why Yitro-Jethro,

father in law of Moses, came to join the people of Israel!

(and why the Portion is named after him)

 

And you can be in touch with that feeling of of Jethro - 

and the poetic description of King Solomon - 

(updating for the Israelite Population of 950 BC- before the common era)

 by

Reading the 3rd chapter of  the

SONG OF SONGS - SHIR HA SHIRIM.

 

It is described in the Talmud of a thousand years ago -

as a love letter between the Almighty and the Jewish People

 

(just as the Purim Megila is from 2600 years ago -

a love story between the Almighty and Israel!)

 

The ZOHAR teaches us about the feel of the smoke

and smell of the flowers

and the sound of the Shofar -

and that we are to remember those (as much as the 

words of the 10 Commandments)

 

So what is the Zohar erally trying to tell us to remember?

And Solomon?

And Rabbi Akiva in the Talmud?

 

Sinai? or the Love of the Almighty?

OR THAT OUR TRADITIONS AND CONNECTIONS 

CANNOT BE BROKEN

 

Shabbat Shalom

Rabbi Andy Eichenholz