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Bamidbar 1:1 · EXTRA 1 — in the wilderness of Sinai EXTRA

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The Complete Passuk

וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר יְהֹוָ֧ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֛ה בְּמִדְבַּ֥ר סִינַ֖י בְּאֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד בְּאֶחָד֩ לַחֹ֨דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֜י בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הַשֵּׁנִ֗ית לְצֵאתָ֛ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לֵאמֹֽר׃

On the first day of the second month, in the second year after the exodus from the land of Egypt, GOD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the Tent of Meeting, saying:

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Source Citation

Bamidbar Rabbah 1:1 / classic midrash — EXTRA.

Core Text of Chazal / Classic Source

Core Text

במדבר סיני —\ldots מתוך המדבר ניתנה תורה.

English: “In the wilderness of Sinai” — \ldots from the wilderness the Torah was given.

On the midrash / in context: The midrash emphasizes that Torah was given in a no-man’s-land so that no tribe could claim exclusive ownership; the open desert models accessibility.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that the Torah’s revelation in the wilderness signals that it belongs to all who would come and receive it.

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