Shavuot

May 26-28, 2012

The Torah was given more than 3300 years ago. Every year on the holiday of Shavuot we renew our acceptance of G‑d’s gift, and G‑d “re-gives” the Torah. Learn how to celebrate this special holiday . . .

40 essays, stories, meditations and readings, each offering a glimpse into something the Torah says about itself and its place in our lives

Each Person as an Individual As has been mentioned,See the sichah to Parshas Shemini in this series and the sources cited there. the counting of the omer is a preparation for the giving of the Torah. Therefore, directly after the 49 days of the omer, we ...

Miracles are a concession to the human need to see things from a different perspective in order to apprehend what they've already seen. Shavuot is when G-d believes in us enough not to indulge it

Shavuos takes place fifty days after Pesach. We count the Omer for 49 days from Pesach to Shavuos. Pesach as we have learned is the notion of escaping bondage and breaking personal boundaries. Shavuos is the celebration of the time at which the Torah was ...

“Would you like to say a d’var Torah for Shavuos, Shlomie,” Mr. Gold asked, looking at his son who had come home from yeshivah for Yom Tov. “ Sure,” Shlomie said. He began, “The Torah was given on Mount Sinai. Why? There are other mountains….” “Aw, come ...

The Midrash relates that before G-d gave the Torah to the Jewish people, He asked for guarantors. The nation offered several options - the Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Moses and the other prophets, but G-d rejected them all. The people then ...

Shavuot is the day on which we recall the giving of the Torah on Sinai. The Torah itself does not explicitly mention the connection. It merely says, “You shall count fifty days (from the second day of Pesach)… and you shall proclaim on that selfsame day: ...

I “They had journeyed from Rephidim and had come to the desert of Sinai, camping in the desert; and Israel camped there before the mountain.” -Yitro 19:2 With these words the Torah describes Israel’s coming to Mount Sinai to receive the Torah. Our sages ...