Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Machshava:

Shavuot,  Torah,  Torah She-Ba'al Peh 

Mishna:

Avot 

Description

On the one hand, the Talmud says we must enjoy eat a festive meal on Shavuot because it is the day on which the Torah was given. On the other the misnha says that to learn Torah we must eat only bread with salt and live a life of pain. Why is this lifestyle necessary and what changes on Shavuot?