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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Shavuot coincides with the grain harvest of early summer and is one of three pilgrimage festivals mentioned in the Torah, "when Israelite males were commanded to appear before God in Jerusalem ...

Shavuot became a time to celebrate the study of the Torah and its many rabbinic commentaries, including the Mishnah and the Talmud. ‘Shavuot (Pentecost),’ painted around 1880 by Moritz Daniel ...

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 ...

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 ...