In this final session of our three-part series, we will learn midrashim that present some of the understandings of our Sages (Hazal) regarding the extraordinary nature of the audial experiences, the sounds, that Bnei Yisrael encountered at Har Sinai. We will try to understand what might be the meanings of these extreme experiences.
Following this, and time allowing, we will read passages in midrashim of Hazal that discuss what the rest of the world experienced while Bnei Yisrael were receiving the Torah. Did life go on for them as usual, or was something different at those moments?
Finally, we will ask: on what basis did Bnei Yisrael–slaves in Mitzrayim just seven short weeks before this–merit to have the experiences about which we have been learning, and to receive the Torah? And we will find a surprising answer in one of the midrashic sources.
I have posted here sources for your convenience.