וִיהִ֤י נֹ֤עַם אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ עָ֫לֵ֥ינוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָ֭דֵינוּ כּוֹנְנָ֥ה עָלֵ֑ינוּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָ֝דֵ֗ינוּ כּוֹנְנֵֽהוּ׃
May there be delight, Adonai, our God, unto us, May the creativity of our hands be directed, and may the creations of our hands be enduring!
(טז) וַיְהִי֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י בִּֽהְיֹ֣ת הַבֹּ֗קֶר וַיְהִי֩ קֹלֹ֨ת וּבְרָקִ֜ים וְעָנָ֤ן כָּבֵד֙ עַל־הָהָ֔ר וְקֹ֥ל שֹׁפָ֖ר חָזָ֣ק מְאֹ֑ד וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד כׇּל־הָעָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ (יז) וַיּוֹצֵ֨א מֹשֶׁ֧ה אֶת־הָעָ֛ם לִקְרַ֥את הָֽאֱלֹהִ֖ים מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ בְּתַחְתִּ֥ית הָהָֽר׃ (יח) וְהַ֤ר סִינַי֙ עָשַׁ֣ן כֻּלּ֔וֹ מִ֠פְּנֵ֠י אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָרַ֥ד עָלָ֛יו יְהֹוָ֖ה בָּאֵ֑שׁ וַיַּ֤עַל עֲשָׁנוֹ֙ כְּעֶ֣שֶׁן הַכִּבְשָׁ֔ן וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד כׇּל־הָהָ֖ר מְאֹֽד׃ (יט) וַיְהִי֙ ק֣וֹל הַשֹּׁפָ֔ר הוֹלֵ֖ךְ וְחָזֵ֣ק מְאֹ֑ד מֹשֶׁ֣ה יְדַבֵּ֔ר וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יַעֲנֶ֥נּוּ בְקֽוֹל׃
(טז) וַהֲוָה בְּיוֹמָא תְּלִיתָאָה בְּשִׁיתָּא בְּיַרְחָא בְּעִידוֹנֵי צַפְרָא וַהֲוָה קָלִין דִּרְעֵים וּבְרָקִים וַעֲנָנָא תַּקִּיף קְטִיר עַל טַוְורָא וְקַל שׁוֹפָרָא תַקִּיף לַחֲדָא וְזַע כָּל עַמָּא דִי בְּמַשְׁרִיתָא (יז) וְאַנְפֵּיק משֶׁה יַת עַמָּא לִקְדָמוּת שְׁכִינְתָּא דַיְיָ מִן מַשְׁרִיתָא וּמִן יַד תָּלִישׁ מָארֵי עַלְמָא יַת טַוְורָא וְזַקְפֵיהּ בְּאַוִירָא וַהֲוָה זַיֵיג הֵי כְּאִסְפַּקְלַרְיָא וְאִתְעַתָּדוּ תְּחוֹתֵי טַוְורָא
(16) And it was on the third day, on the sixth of the month, in the time of the morning, that on the mountain there were voices of thunders, and lightnings, and mighty clouds of smoke, and a voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people in the camp trembled. (17) And Mosheh brought forth the people from the camp to meet the glorious Presence of Shechina; and suddenly the Lord of the world uprooted the mountain, and lifted it in the air, and it became luminous as a window, and they stood beneath the mountain.
In the upper register, Mt. Sinai is trembling as the people of Israel stand below: some face the mountain in file, while others tremble. Moses, two horns of light protruding from his forehead, appears on the left. In the lower register, the Jews of Safed celebrate the festival of Shavuot. 1969
Moses holds the Tablets of the law facing the children of Israel, who can be seen through a window from inside Mount Sinai. Remains of an earlier version of the illustration can be seen in a hand on the right side of the Tablets and rippled strips of a lighter shade within the dark area below the window.