The pasuk teaches us that it is as important to remember and ultimately transmit the experience of Matan Torah to the next generation, as it is to pass down the actual content of the Torah. As Rabbeinu Bachya states, “For if one forgets the experience, he will end up denying the content.” Without the tremendous and awesome experience of Revelation, Judaism can be transformed into an uninspiring secular experience. Judaism is alive! It is a religion with vibrance and vitality, which is transmitted from generation to generation. It has been passed down from that first group of Jews who stood…
