WATCH: This Moving Wake-Up Call Will Prepare You for Shavuot!
If you are seeking an infusion of meaning in your life, this video is for you!
If you are seeking an infusion of meaning in your life, this video is for you!
Let us take a look at the story of Ruth and see what Shavuot holiday inspiration we can 'glean' (no pun intended, for those who know the story) from it.
Shavuot marks the day the Jewish people, who had been slaves in Egypt, received the Torah at Mount Sinai. It is one of the three pilgrimage festivals.
Learn everything you need to know about the Jewish holiday of Shavuot in 60 seconds! Ready, set, go!
The Book of Ruth is much more than a story about one woman’s conversion to Judaism and love for the Jewish people. Many laws and customs are based on her experiences.
Watch this amazing video - actually, it's a crash course - that teaches you about the holiday that celebrates the most profound moment in Jewish history!
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Our sages teach us that the Revelation at Sinai was a wedding. God was the groom and the Jewish people were His bride.
Shavuot is one of the three pilgrimage festivals, together with Passover and Sukkot. Yet unfortunately, there are many Jews who really have to stop and think when asked what Shavuot is all about.
It is customary to eat dairy on Shavuot, and we are going to tell you why!
Jerusalem Rabbi Dror Moshe Cassouto explains the connection between the Book of Ruth and the Festival of Shavuot.
Boaz, a great rabbinic leader described in the 'Book of Ruth,' made a small but significant change in Jewish custom, and it was the right thing to do!
Even the small, routine acts of kindness can be elevated and made equal to the greatest acts of self sacrifice.
Every morning a Jew should wake up and feel fortunate to have the Torah and the opportunity to observe its commandments. We remember this even more so on Shavuot.
It is ironic that Shavuot is such a little-known holiday. Because in fact, Shavuot commemorates the single most important event in Jewish history - the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, is a one-day holiday (two in the Diaspora) with many names, dozens of traditions and recipes galore.
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As we celebrate the giving of the Torah to the Jewish People, we also appreciate our status as children of God, which strengthened our 'case' against the angels.
We believe that not only was the written Word given at Mount Sinai, but so was the Oral law - the oral tradition.
See the beauty of celebrating Shavuot in Israel throughout the decades, from a young nation to modern times.
Stand back, and watch the movie unfold – God is in control.
Shavuot is essentially a celebration of Torah, Judaism, Jewish pride and the beauty of observing the mitzvot (commandments).
Three guys do the "Torah tango" and try to stay up all night studying Torah on Shavuot.
Never give up! There is always so much more that we can accomplish in life. We must never let anything get us down or prevent us from succeeding.
The festive holiday of Shavuot will be celebrated this week. Shavuot celebrates the day when God gave the Torah to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai.
Shavuot is the Jewish festival celebrating the giving of the Torah by God to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai, and it is a holiday filled with meaningful customs.
Libyan and Moroccan Jews have a custom to spray one another with water on Shavuot. The reason for this tradition is that the Talmud likens the Torah to water.
Shavuot never had the marketing potential of the others Jewish holidays – no matzah, no colorful candles, no lulav, no shofar.
Shavuot is the day on which the Jewish people received the Torah at Mount Sinai more than 3,300 years ago. This is a holiday to which we have been counting down.
