Shavuot, while not explicitly a day of forgiveness in the same way as Yom Kippur, is a time for reflection, spiritual renewal ...

Cohanim Perform Bread Loaves Offering at Temple Site on Shavuot. By. David Israel - 7 Sivan 5785 – June 3, 2025. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...

We often group Jewish holidays in pairs – Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, or Passover and Shavuot. It is interesting that we number the days between these two pairs of holidays to connect them ...

In “The Earth Is the LORD’s and the Fulness Thereof,” the British theologian Morris Joseph (1848-1930) writes about the purpose of Shavuot, the holiday during which the book of Ruth is read and that ...

But Shavuot 1948 was a moment to breathe, to honor the fallen, and to affirm life. ... Yet somehow, they found enough for a feast. And in a kibbutz field under a canopy of palm fronds, ...

But this feast carries another, more profound layer. According to Jewish tradition, it was also on Shavuot that God revealed Himself at Mount Sinai, thundering His voice to an entire nation.

The Law, given to Moses, celebrated at the “Feast of Weeks (Shavuot)”, shaped the Jewish people into a “holy nation”, “a chosen people” to bring God’s blessings to all. In parallel, “Pentecost—the ...

We can find the original instructions for the celebration of this feast in Leviticus 23 alongside the other appointed festivals. It was also called the Feast of Weeks and Shavuot, celebrating God ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Pentecost, also called “Whitsunday” in many other Christian denominations, corresponds to Jewish feast of Shavuot (the Feast of Weeks). In ...