Oorah told my daughter that if she buys a raffle to win the monkey, she will win, because she will be the only ticket. If she had bought and won would that qualify as having "been chosen". (Another important q is, if she won the ticket that multiplies your winnings x100, would they have given her a hundred monkeys!?!?)

How can we use the term "אשר בחר בנו מכל העמים" if all the nations were also offered the torah.

Listen to this gevaldig'e תרץ from ר' אליהו ברוך. 

(Quoted from משלחן רבי אליהו ברוך- שבועות-עמוד רסח).

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Is אהבת התורה, which manifests itself in an eagerness and enthusiasm in anticipation for קבלת התורה, a positive quality or is it a necessary and required state of mind to be זוכה to קבלת התורה?

Listen and enjoy how R' Yerucham Olshin develops this concept from a מהר"ל and uses it to give a fuller understanding to the רמב"ן.

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Why does the gemara refer to נעשה ונשמע as a מדת מלאכים when it seems to be just a high level of קבלה?

Come and prepare for קבלת התורה with "hartzig'e reid" from א' מגדולי ראשי הישיבות.

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(Thank you Shmulie for providing the musical accompaniment for the end of the audio) 

As presented by the ירח למועדים 

מאמרים לשבועות - מאמר נ"ה