Every day a bas kol is emmitted from har chorev.... Whoever is not invoved in Torah study is called a ostricized. As it is written lika a golden nose-ring in the 'af' - snout of a pig, is a beautiful woman who is 'untasteful'. It is also written that the Luchos were the handiwork of Hashem & the writing was the writing of G-d engraved upon the Luchos..... there is no Free man like the the one who is osek in Torah.... He also rises to greatness... From Matanah to Nachliel & from Nachliel Bamos.
A few questions: first of all since when does har sinai have anything special about it that a bas kol should come from there? - There is no remaining kedusha to it - lo kidsha l'asid....
Secondly, if noone hears this kol what's the point. Let the mishnah just inform us of the fact that "woe unto those for ignoring the Torah"?
Thirdly is there any special need or reason for this announcement "kol yom"- every single day?
Why is the ignoring of the Torah specifically compared to the disgrace of a nose-ring of all things, & the ignorer - a pig (which is known for for a big nose)?
How is the 'ben chorin' lesson related specifically to the earlier part of the mishnah, it seems like a generic positive aspect to Torah study, but why here in this mishnah? Also what's the significance of this lesson coming from the engraved lettering on the luchos? And what is wrong with the simple reading of charus al haluchos that calls for a drashah which is not pashut pshatt?
I would like to offer a new approach to the mishnah.
We're familiar with the question of how can the date & location of ma'amad har sinai be up for dispute? The famous answer is so that no one could put a finger on it & say this day or place in history is when/where the Torah was given. The Torah is given fresh daily in every beis medrash across the world.
The name Har Chorev itself calls out the 'bas kol'. The desolate mounatain's name screams forth, "Do you know why I am charuv?! Specifically for all to realize that Torah is not a part of history to be looked upon as an antique memory. Rather, as it says Asher Anochi mitzav'cha HAYOM!" That is why the bas kol calls out b'kol yom - HAYOM Hashem is NOSEIN hatorah! Har Sinai has no remaining Kedusha specifically for this purpose! How can the torah be ignored like yesterday's paper?! The Torah is fresh & new with chidushim flowing each time it is learnt well. But there is a perceived lack of luster & shine of something new that normally sparks interest & curiosity.
The nose has the function of constant renewal more than any limb. New air is breathed every moment. It is also directly associated with the spiritual, as it says 'vayipach b'apav nishmas chaim'. (This is especially true when discussing its functional name -'Af' as opposed to 'chotem'.) This explains why we use the nose in describing curiosity for new information.
Perhaps that is the meaning of o nose ring. It is given to a women for her proper use of 'curiosity' as opposed to being a 'yentah'. [This may be the reason Eliezer gave the nezem zahav to Rivkah even before the bracelets. She offered her kindness without asking who he was etc]
The nose is also the 'freshest' part of the body as we darshan "kol haba el ha'ohel" when a person enters, he becomes fully tamei upon his NOSE'S arrival.
The pig's sense of smell is even stronger than a dog's, & it constantly seeks for 'new s'choirah' in the mud.
Somone who takes this 'news seeking tool' and ignores the Torah which is full of fresh new ruach, assuming it to be old & not newsworthy, & he puts his nose into worldly news instead, is like using the pigs nose to dig in the ageless mud - A "domem" that never is new but as old as hills.
It is this mistaken assumption that our mishnah is addressing.
The mishnah continues onto a similar misunderstanding about the luchos.
In accordance with what we just mentioned, something is engraved in stone for it to be an age old memory of the ancient past. That is what one would assume the engraving of the luchos was meant to be.
The Chassam Sofer brings from the Zohar that if the passuk meant the writing was engraved in the luchos, it should have said charus BAluchos, not AL haluchos.
Rather, the 'michtav Elokim' was a spiritual G-dly writing that was placed (or hovering) UPON the engraved space of the luchos! The engraving was just allowing the minds eye to understand what was spiritually written there! It was those letters of spirit that -'osios porchos ba'avir'- departed and floated away when the luchos were broken.
Here again we see the mistaken view that the words of Torah are old & etched in stone and in reality Torah is a Ruach chadash, new & fresh all the time. This perspective opens the mind to see new vistas & a whole new world of chochma & understanding. It unleashes one from the being bound to the finite & limited understanding he's had previously as he continues to find fresh & new waters from the endless spring of Torah. Perhaps is the type freedom associated with the one who is osek batorah properly.
The one who sees Torah as a new attractive matanah truly rises to the greater heights of Bamos.
