Do you know much about Magneto-hydrodynamics? If you’re like me - you may be able to deduce some very vague and primitive notion regarding this field simply from analyzing the name. A quick Google search will probably bring up a little more info. But even after spending a day or two - or more - reading everything I can about the subject, I will still be well aware that my knowledge of the field is limited, to say the least. If necessary, I will make sure to have a rudimentary knowledge of the field so that I can have a conversation with someone who researches Magneto-hydrodynamics. As it is now, my understanding of the field is so limited that I don’t even know what I don’t know. Tomorrow night begins the most underrated Jewish holiday - Shavuot. And that’s a real shame because it should be right up there with Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur; and in all honesty, it truly is. Shavuot celebrates the mind-blowing event of the revelation at Mount Sinai. At Mount Sinai, every single Jew alive at the time - over 2 millions individuals - all witnessed the same exact thing. This is factual - not something that can be fabricated, and something that no other people can lay claim to. (Check out this video for more about this idea - it’s worth it! It’s an hour long, but absolutely worth every minute.) It’s not only a central part of Judaism; it changed the entire world. In fact, were it not for this holiday, who knows what the world would be like today? The central theme of the holiday is Torah study - and the more the better. Many people tell me that they know enough, they remember how meaningless their Hebrew School experience was and they’re not motivated to go back to it. But the reality is that there is such amazing depth and insight in Torah study; and if you don’t engage in it, you’re truly missing out. And without giving it a fair shake - as an adult - you don’t even know what you don’t know.
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