Hi,
"[Regarding the Jews at Sinai, the Torah says:] ‘And they stood at the bottom of the mountain’ – Rav Avdimi, son of Chama bar Chasa, said: This teaches that Gd overturned the mountain atop them, like a barrel. He said to them, ‘If you accept the Torah, good. If not, there will be your grave.’
"Rav Acha bar Yaakov said: This is a great response to the Torah [and its obligations]!
"Rava said: Despite this, they again accepted it in the days of Achashverosh. The megilah says: ‘The Jews upheld and accepted’ – They upheld that which they had already accepted."
(Talmud, Shabbat 88a)
Have an easy and meaningful fast,
Mordechai
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