Tag: Shavuot
Binghamton University to host alternative graduation ceremony for Jewish students
For the first time to date, Binghamton University will host an alternative graduation ceremony to accommodate observant Jewish students and their family members who would otherwise be unable to attend graduation.
In the past, commencement...
Dairy, first fruits and more: Welcoming Shavuot with customs of the season
I’ve often heard (and many rabbis lament) that Shavuot is the only major Jewish holiday many Diaspora Jews have never heard of or ever celebrated.
If you are one of these newbies to the holiday,...
Celebrating the power of restraint—a Shavuot message
Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky relates the following poignant story:
I once sat on an overseas flight next to a talkative executive who was skeptical about his own Jewish heritage. During the first hours of the flight,...
Shavuot is God’s gift to the Jewish people
Shavuot reminds us that the Torah is G-d’s gift to the Jewish people. Shavuot is one of the three pilgrimage festivals (the others are Pesach and Sukkot) in the Jewish religion and its observance...
Revelation for the resistance
What precisely are we showing up to receive? The debate over the extent of revelation has raged for millennia: Were the ten utterances revealed? Or the five books? Or did Moses simply receive the...
This Jewish holiday is about way more than cheesecake
When the sun sets next Tuesday, the Jewish holiday Shavuot will officially begin and continue until sundown on Wednesday, exactly 50 days since the first Passover seder.
If you only know one thing about Shavuot,...
Sivan: inspiration from head and heart
Rosh Chodesh Sivan is set to begin Thursday, May 25. This is the month in which the wheat harvest is celebrated in the land of Israel. We also observe Shavuot, which commemorates the anniversary...