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We awaited for Shavuos for seven weeks, counting the Omer each day. We had an amazing Chag HaShavuos. But how do we take Shavuos into the rest of the year?
Answer: Each day, at least once a day, we should recall in our hearts what we’ve experienced on Shavuos of this year. Rav Eliyahu Dessler writes in his sefer Michtav MeEliyahu that in reality, there is only one Chag HaShavuos - the one when we were all standing at Har Sinai. Each year we are actually revisiting that same Chag. That’s why, the Matan Torah each year, to each Ben/Bas Yisroel is in a real sense! Now, regarding Ma’amad Har Sinai, the Torah says:....lest you forget the things that you saw with your eyes, and lest they will be removed from your heart, all the days of your life...In fact, the Sefas Emes (Chayei Sarah, 5631) teaches that this is also referring to each person’s individual moments of connection with Hashem throughout his life (and all the more so, his experience on Shavuos—as this is what the verse is about).
