Shavuot is known as “Z’man matan Torateinu,” the time of the giving of our Torah. For us, it can be a time to renew our connection to the Torah, to Jewish learning and spiritual development.

JTA — Shavuot is the festival when Jews eat cheesecake and celebrate “matan Torah,” literally, “the giving of the Torah” at Mount Sinai. It conjures up images of the tablets being handed ...

From the blog of Michel M.J. Shore at The Times of Israel ...

Becoming Jewish on Shavuot In three different places (Exodus 23:16, Numbers 28:26-31, and Deuteronomy 16:9-12) the Torah commands us to celebrate Shavuot on the fiftieth day after the second day ...

As we prepare to celebrate Shavuot, the moments leading up to the Israelites receiving the Torah at Sinai offer remarkably relevant guidance and inspiration. Exodus 32 describes the Israelites ...

Shavuot – Torah, gratitude, humility Also called the Day of Bikkurim, first fruits, because when the Temple was in J'lem, nation would bring fruits to J'lem from Shavuot on.

This D’var Torah was given over by Ari Fuld on May 12, 2017 as part of his Grill & Torah Series. Published at AriFuld.org. All of our holidays have certain themes and ideas in common. Most of ...

Shavuot and Torah: The 'yetser hara ... Fast-forward to Matan Torah, to the giving of the Torah on Har Sinai. Might we not have expected that the yetser ha’ra would be a ‘guest of honor’, as ...

How do I prepare myself to receive the unique message God’s Torah has for me? How do I get ready to convene with God? According to Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi — the 18th-century mystic and ...

I was pleased to see that Claudia Roden’s “Book of Jewish Food” (Knopf, 1997) regards fruit as an authentic Shavuot food in addition to, or in combination with, dairy.

When you think of Jewish holidays, a few may come to mind. Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, maybe.But what about Shavuot? The holiday – which means "weeks" in Hebrew, and is ...