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Shavuot ("weeks") is one
of three Pilgrim Festivals (along with
Passover
and
Sukkot)
in the
Jewish calendar. It falls on the sixth
day of Sivan beginning at sunset the night before
and celebrates the Ten Commandments, the foundation
of Jewish law. Shavuot is also known as the Feast
of Weeks because it occurs seven weeks after the
first day of Passover.
Originally, Shavuot was a time of bringing the
first fruits of harvest to Jerusalem as a show
of thanks but has since transformed into the anniversary
of the day the
Torah
was given to the
Jewish People.
It is customary to read from the Book of Ruth
and study the
Torah
during
Shavuot.
When is Shavuot this years?
- Jewish Calendar |
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It
is customary to decorate synagogues and homes
with flowers and boughs.
The holiday of Shavuot begins at sundown tonight.
Women and girls
light
candles
tonight to usher in the holiday.
First Day of
Shavuot
Torah Reading: Exodus 19: 1-20:23
Haftarah: Ezekiel 1: 1-28; 3:12
Reading of
the Ten Commandments.
All men, women and children should go to the
synagogue to hear the reading of the Ten Commandments.
The youngest of children to the reading of the
Ten Commandments in the synagogue on Shavuot.
This is in commemoration of the Jewish people
declaring: "Our children are our guarantors
[that we will keep the Torah]". This was
the only guarantee acceptable to G-d (Midrash). |
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David passed away on Shavuot. So
did the father of the Chassidic movement, Rabbi
Yisroel Baal Shem Tov.
also see:
Chassidus |
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Shavuot Cards |
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is customary to eat dairy foods
on Shavuot, commemorating the
fact that upon receiving the
Torah and the laws of Kashrut,
the Jewish people could not
cook meat in their pots which
had yet to be rendered Kosher.
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TEN
COMMANDMENTS: When G-d revealed Himself on Mount
Sinai, our entire people heard his voice proclaiming
the Ten Commandments.
1) I am the L-rd your G-d who took you out of
the land of Egypt.
2) You shall have no other gods before Me.
3) Do not take the name of the L-rd your G-d
in vain.
4) Remember the Sabbath to keep it holy.
5) Honor your father and mother.
6) Do not murder.
7) Do not commit adultery.
8) Do not steal.
9) Do not bear false witness.
10) Do not covet. also
see:
The
Magic of Shavuot, 1967 by
Larry Domnitch |
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