Question

The main question in the lecture did not address the obligation that stems from the covenant itself, which was made at Mount Sinai (beginning in this week’s Torah portion, Exodus 19:3–9, and afterward again before entering the Land of Israel, and then “they accepted it again” in the days of Ahasuerus, etc.). That is, if we have succeeded in proving the event itself, then we have also succeeded in proving the obligation. At least the obligation of the Jewish people.
And likewise, perhaps the very fact that the covenant is needed, and that God seeks the people’s consent to be obligated to Him (that, at least, is what seems to emerge from the plain meaning of the verses), teaches that it is not self-evident that a person is obligated by the divine command? (And not as was said in the lecture, that if one does not understand his obligation, then he does not understand what God is?)

And sorry, two technical questions:
– For some reason I stopped receiving the posts by email. Where do you renew the subscription? I don’t see it on the site.
– In the “Recent Questions” section on the site, questions from 5 years ago appear out of order alongside questions from a month ago, and not questions from the last few days?