1)

How will we reconcile the current Pasuk - "va'Yeired Hashem al Har Sinai" with the Pasuk in 20:19, "Ki min ha'Shamayim Dibarti Imachem"?

1.

Rashi #1: Hashem bent the upper and lower Heavens and spread them on Har Sinai like a sheet, on to which He then lowered the Kisei ha'Kavod.

2.

Rashi #2 (20:19): His Kavod remained in the Heaven, but His Fire and His Might descended to the earth. 1

1

Based on the Pasuk in Devarim, 4:36 (Rashi).

2)

Bearing in mind the Pasuk in Tehilim "ha'Shamayim Shamayim la'Hashem", what does the Torah mean when it writes "Vayeired Hashem al Har Sinai"?

1.

Sukah, 5a: Hashem only came down to a point that is above ten Tefachim (of the point where the Heaven begins). 1

1

See Torah Temimah on Pasuk #3, note 8.

3)

If Hashem chose the lowly Har Sinai to teach us humility, why did He call Moshe to the top of the Mountain.

1.

Oznayim la'Torah (citing Rashi in Sotah, 8): Because a Talmid-Chacham needs 'an eighth of an eighth of pride' to gain the respect of the people. 1

1

Oznayim la'Torah (Ibid.): Otherwise, they will trample him underfoot.

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