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

Shavuot falls on the 6th of Sivan on the Jewish calendar, which reckons days as beginning at sundown. This year, Shavuot began Sunday evening and continues for one or two days, depending on tradition.

Erev Shavuot shopping. The streets are buzzing with excitement. Finally, something to celebrate. The aroma from the bakeries fills the air and the line in the cheese store extends to the street ...

Shavuot, Hebrew for “weeks," has been observed since biblical times. It marks the passing of seven weeks (49 days) from the holiday of Passover, with Shavuot falling on the 50th day.

The offering of Shavuot is one such sacrifice and it is prepared as two loaves of bread that are meant to be brought before Gd and waved by a Cohen priest next to the place of the sacrificial altar.

Last weekend, we celebrated Shavuot. For many Israelis, this harvest holiday is one of the most beloved. As a city child growing up in Haifa, I always longed to visit my family in Kibbutz Gan Shmuel.

In light of the recent strikes on Iran and renewed hopes of dismantling its nuclear program, we revisit the remarkable—and ...

In these turbulent times, when the Middle East is literally on fire with missiles from modern-day Persia and fighter planes ...

Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape ...

City council members, other politicians and the media for 20 months have purposely called our anti-genocide protests ...

The first Britons evacuated out of Israel have landed back in the UK after a "long and intense" journey. The RAF flight ...

Shavuot was an ancient biblical festival celebrating the start of the wheat harvest and the bringing of the first fruits to the Temple. When examining the timeline in the Book of Exodus, the ...