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| According to the Chumash when the Holy One, Blessed is He, presented the Torah at Sinai, not a bird chirped, not a fowl flew, not an ox lowed, not an angel ascended, not a seraph proclaimed, "Holy." The sea did not roll, all life refrained from giving birth, and not a creature made a sound. The entire universe was silent and mute. It was then that the Voice went forth and proclaimed, "I Am HaShem, your G-d!" At this time when G-d revealed Himself to Israel the world fell silent because this moment was pivotal not only to Israel, but all of creation; had Israel not accepted the Torah, the universe would have come to an end. |