In this week’s Torah portion, we read about the revelation at Mount Sinai.  What is a purpose of revelation? How does it operate in relation to scientific reasoning?  

Scientific reasoning, while tremendously important, also has a downside….   [S]cientific inquiry depends on laws that necessarily exclude the possibility for exceptions.  Nature’s general constancy is what allows for scientific inquiry, and for its results to be so powerful.  But, revelation is revelation only insofar as it demonstrates an existence beyond the consistent order of things.  For revelation to serve its purpose (i.e., to make a big impression on those who experience it), it must be extraordinary and preferably unprecedented.  And so it is the “nature” of revelation to elude scientific inquiry. The moment it can be repeated or understood, the miracle loses much of its significance. (Jewish Law as Rebellion by Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo, 157)

After reading Rabbi Cardozo’s understanding of revelation, how often do you experience something extraordinary and unprecedented?  How often do you experience revelation?