Mount Sinai, the bush, and the sandals

PROF. RACHEL ADELMAN: The Burning Bush: Why Must Moses Remove His Shoes? (TheTorah.com).

YHWH’s first revelation to Moses at a sneh סְּנֶה, “bush,” signifies that it is not a future site of worship and foreshadows the revelation at Sinai.

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