The Nineteenth Century · c. 1870
The Festival of Revelation: Rabbi Elia Benamozegh on Shabuot and Sinai
Rabbi Elia Benamozegh
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About This Edition
- Translated by Simon Montagu. Edited by Ophir Ospovat.
Why does the Torah never say that Shabuot commemorates the giving of the Torah?
The Torah describes Shabuot only as a harvest festival. What, then, does the fifty-day count from Pesaḥ mean?
In this penetrating essay, Rabbi Elia Benamozegh (1823–1900) argues that Shabuot is inseparably the festival of Sinai. A close reading of Miqra and its patterns shows that the Revelation is deliberately implicit, woven into the structure of the festival itself.
The essay offers a powerful vision of how freedom culminates in revelation, and of how the memory of Sinai sustains the foundations of Jewish faith.
About the Author
Rabbi Elia Benamozegh (1823–1900) was a Dayan of Livorno and one of the most original Jewish thinkers of the nineteenth century. A master of Kabbalah, philosophy, and comparative religion, he taught that Judaism must engage truth wherever it is found, and his vision of Israel's universal mission continues to inspire readers today.
What Will I Gain from This Book?
Fresh thoughts for Shabuot, and an answer to why the Torah never states outright that the festival marks Sinai.
