Last post I talked about the Kabalistic story of how the soul of Torah was created 974 generations before Adam, and was finally given a body at Mount Sinai. There is a very interesting story in the Misha about the giving of the Torah.
The story goes that G-d told the Torah to go to Adam, but the Torah refused because Adam was a sinner. Then G-d told the Torah to go to Noah, but the Torah refused because Noah was a drunk. Then G-d told the Torah to go to Abraham, but the Torah refused because Abraham questioned G-d. This continued through the generations until G-d told the Torah to go to Moses, and the Torah did.
On Shavout we are supposed to personally accept the Torah, just like we did 3300 years ago at the foot of Mount Sinai. However, us accepting the Torah is not enough. The Torah needs to accept us.
That’s what the Omer is for. It gives us seven weeks to prepare ourselves so that the Torah will accept us.
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