Just as the existence of the universe was firmly established by the original Giving of the Torah. As our Sages state on the verse, “the Earth was fearful and calmed,” that [from the beginning of Creation] until the sixth of Sivan “the Earth was fearful,” but on the sixth of Sivan, when the Jews accepted the Torah, it was finally “calmed.” The purpose of all existence is only for the sake of the Jews and the Torah they observe. So the existence of all Creation remained in doubt and unjustified until the Jews actually accepted the Torah. Similarly, each Shavuos brings an addition in G-d’s giving, and in our receiving, the Torah. So, too, greater validity is given to the universe’s existence each year. Therefore, to ready ourselves for the Giving of the Torah, we should add in each of the “three pillars upon which the world stands”—Torah, prayer, and acts of kindness.
