(New York Jewish Week) — This weekend is Shavuot, the major Jewish holiday that occurs seven weeks after the second Passover seder and marks the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Though Shavuot is ...

The holiday of Shavuot, which begins at sundown this year on Thursday, May 25, is understood by Jewish tradition to be the time when God gave the Israelites the Torah at Mount Sinai. It is ...

Can you smell blintzes, cheesecakes and all of those dairy goodies in the air? It’s Shavuot time! Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. There are many Shavuot customs, such as ...

So goes the origin story of the great Rabbi Akiva, recounted in the “Avot D’Rabbi Natan,” a collection of Jewish aggadot, or legends, from the latter half of the first millennium. One day, according ...

IKAR, a politically liberal Jewish community with a focus on social justice, went progressive in another sense during a June 11 Shavuot Torah study program. That’s when about 130 participants started ...

Shavuot is the Jewish holiday that celebrates learning, specifically the first five books of the Hebrew Bible were revealed to the Jewish people. Manhattan’s Jewish Community Center celebrated with a ...

Thus we find that, uniquely among holidays, the date of Shavuot is not fixed at all and is in fact set by the Sanhedrin. Rav Friedman explains that the true greatness of the Torah can only be ...

The Springboard blog highlights the experiences of Jewish teens and Jewish teen professionals participating in community programs across Chicagoland and beyond. Dive into blogs about different Jewish ...

The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan (MMJCCM) announced today the line up for its 20th Annual Paul Feig z"l Tikkun Leil Shavuot, happening overnight from Thursday, May 25 through Friday, May 26. This ...

(The Conversation) — The festival of Shavuot, marked this year on June 5 and 6, celebrates the biblical story of God revealing Torah – Jewish scriptures and teachings – to the Israelites at Mount ...

Why some study to the point of exhaustion on a holiday about the giving of the Torah. Though the custom is widespread, there are few classical sources to support it. So why do we do it? On its face, ...