וַיִּקַּח֙ סֵ֣פֶר הַבְּרִ֔ית וַיִּקְרָ֖א בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה נַעֲשֶׂ֥ה וְנִשְׁמָֽע׃
Lalu ia mengambil kitab perjanjian itu dan membacakannya dengan didengar oleh bangsa itu. Mereka berkata: “Segala yang telah diucapkan Yang Mahakekal akan kami lakukan dan akan kami dengarkan.”
Kuntres Mattan Torah
After the entire nation has unanimously agreed and said, “…will we do and obey” (Exodus 24:7), each one in the nation of Israel became a guarantor, ensuring that none of the members of the nation will want for anything; then, and only then, will they be able to receive the Torah. For through this mutual guarantee, each single member is free from the need to care for personal bodily needs and can observe the commandment to “love your neighbor as yourself” to its full extent and give all that he has to the needy since he is no longer concerned for the sustenance of his own body, knowing and assured that six hundred thousand people who truly love him surround him, ready to care for him (as explained in section 16, see there). For that reason, they were completely unready to receive the Torah during the time of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob but only when they left Egypt and became a complete nation on their own, creating the reality in which each one can be assured of all his needs without any worry or care.
Kuntres Mattan Torah
The observance of the love for one another is the preparation for the receiving of the Torah
16. Through these words we have found an opening to understand what we stated above (in sections 3-4) about the main content of this commandment, “…but you shall love your neighbor as yourself,” how the Torah can obligate us to observe something that is impossible to observe. Study there well. Understand though that for this reason the Torah was not given to the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, this was delayed until the exodus from Egypt, when they left and became a whole nation of six hundred thousand men, twenty years and older. Each one of the nation was asked whether he agrees to this lofty work; after each one in the nation agreed with his whole heart and soul and said, “…will we do and obey” (Exodus 24:7), it became possible to observe this matter, which is the whole of the Torah. It left the category of the impossible and became possible.
16. Through these words we have found an opening to understand what we stated above (in sections 3-4) about the main content of this commandment, “…but you shall love your neighbor as yourself,” how the Torah can obligate us to observe something that is impossible to observe. Study there well. Understand though that for this reason the Torah was not given to the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Instead, this was delayed until the exodus from Egypt, when they left and became a whole nation of six hundred thousand men, twenty years and older. Each one of the nation was asked whether he agrees to this lofty work; after each one in the nation agreed with his whole heart and soul and said, “…will we do and obey” (Exodus 24:7), it became possible to observe this matter, which is the whole of the Torah. It left the category of the impossible and became possible.