As the Jews encamped around Sinai in preparation for receiving the Torah, Moshe was instructed הַגְבֵּל אֶת־הָהָר, cordon off the mountain, וְקִדַּשְׁתּוֹ and sanctify it.
What was the significance of sanctifying Mount Sinai?
The Torah is Hashem's Word. Indeed, until the Revelation at Sinai, the Torah was the provenance of the angels on High.
How could mortals possibly connect to the Divine?
Before the Torah was presented to us, Hashem sent a message: A mountain is mere earth and rock. Yet those mundane elements can become sanctified when they are set aside for God.
When we recite a brachah upon performing a mitzvah, we say: אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, Who sanctified us with His commandments. When we learn Torah and do mitzvos our essence changes. we become holy people.
One lesson of Har Sinai is that if a simple, inanimate mountain can become holy, certainly we can, no matter how lowly we think of ourselves.
May we all be granted that holiness, so that we may fulfill our purpose on earth.
Gut Shabbos.
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