Shavuot – Day of Judgment for the Torah
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Question
I heard it said that Shavuot is the day of judgment regarding the Torah, meaning a day on which it is decreed how much Torah we will merit to learn during the year. Is there a clear source for this in the words of Chazal or the poskim?
Answer
שלום וברכה
It is brought in the Shelah HaKadosh (Shavuot, Ner Mitzvah, 19), and these are his words:
והעולם נדון ביום זה על התורה שניתנה בו שביטלו עצמם ממנה. והוא אמרם ז"ל פירות האילן, שלא השלימום בתורה ובמצוות כראוי. (And the world is judged on this day regarding the Torah that was given on it, for they have withdrawn themselves from it. And this is what our Sages of blessed memory said, “the fruit of the tree” — that they did not complete them in Torah and mitzvot as is fitting.)
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