I place this here as the kookiest Shavuos article you will likely ever read. You're welcome in advance.
โThis year, the #Jewish holiday of #Shavuot starts on 21 May. It commemorates the giving of the #TenCommandments at #MountSinai. The #revelation occurs in the desert at the foot of a mountain, far from civilisation, just as #Moses encountered the divine in the wilderness at the burning bush (#Exodus 3:1-22).
Why did the revelation not take place in Egypt, in a palace or in a temple? Why the wilderness?
Shavuot tries to preserve that original encounter. #Jews stay up all night studying, as if preparing again to receive the #Commandments. They are read with the congregation standing, and their language is unmistakably personal: You shall not murder. You shall not steal. You shall not lie. The words are addressed to individuals before institutions."
https://www.abc.net.au/religion/eli-federman-shavuot-and-our-screen-addicted-society/106699030