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Shavuot: (lit. “weeks”) The one-day holiday (two in the Diaspora) commemorating the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. This late-spring holiday commences on the fiftieth day (the morrow of seven “weeks”) following the second day of Passover.

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	Shavuot Holiday Site Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. Jewish Holidays » Shavuot » Shavuot Holiday Site
	What is Shavuot? Re-Accept the Torah 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... Jewish Holidays » Shavuot » About » Shavuot 101 » What is Shavuot?
	Shavu'ot By J. Immanuel Schochet 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 ... Spirituality » Contemporary Works » Living With Moshiach » Holidays » Shavu'ot
	Shavout Adapted by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; From the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe 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: ... Spirituality » Contemporary Works » Torah Studies » Bamidbar » Shavout
	Shavous Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe 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 ... Spirituality » Contemporary Works » Keeping In Touch » Festivals » Shavous
	Shavuos Adapted from the works of the Lubavitcher Rebbe by Malka Touger “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 ... Kids » Story Time » Bookshelf » What The Rebbe Said » Bamidbar » Shavuos
	Secrets of The Festivals Chapter 8 Shavous By R.L. Kremnizer 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 ... Spirituality » Contemporary Works » The Ladder Up » Part Three » Secrets of The Festivals Chapter 8
	The Fiftieth Miracle By Shlomo Yaffe 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 Spirituality » Essays » The Fiftieth Miracle
	Emor By Eli Touger 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 ... Spirituality » Chassidic Texts » Likkutei Sichos » Volume VIII - Vayikra » Emor
	The Torah: an Anthology Compiled by Yanki Tauber 40 essays, stories, meditations and readings, each offering a glimpse into something the Torah says about itself and its place in our lives Library » Anthologies » The Torah: an Anthology

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