There is vast literature regarding the meaning of the way stations for the Children of Israel. I believe it was the Baal Shem Tov who wrote that the journey so succinctly captured in the second aliyah of Massei is the journey that we all must take in our lives, from Mitzrayim to crossing over into Yericho.
But what I noticed is that the stop at Sinai is not captured beyond a stop. While other events are captured in more detail - where the date palms and water were (and were not), and a couple verses on Aharon specifically. Shouldn't the Torah capture what happened at Sinai in just if not more detail than it did the other stops which were described?
There is something to be said from the fact that while Torah is from G-d and therefore eternal, the actions of our forebears at these locations - whether it was good or bad, or the passing of a leader of the generation, is somewhat that which is still affecting us to this day, as their actions are a microcosm, a reflection, a past, present, and future refraction of ours. And so to remember our merits and our mistakes - that is in fact a critical lesson of Torah.
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