Shavuot - Cheesecakes, Water & Torah Study

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Uploaded by on Jun 8, 2008

Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, is the second of the three major festivals with both historical and agricultural significance, a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June). It marks the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer and the day the Torah was given to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai. It is customary to eat dairy meals during Shavuot. In farms and kibbutzim many participate in the Bikkurim festival holding baskets of fruit and wearing garlands in their hair.While traditions says  the reason for decorating with plants and flowers is that when the Torah was given at Mount Sinai, the barren desert bloomed with flowers as the earth itself rejoiced,

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  • I don't eat dairy. I'm a Yekki! But I do plan to stay up all night, study and drink lots of coffee.

  • Feliç Festa de Setmanes. B'' H''

  • Deu Salvi a Israel, i permetí que aviat ens vingui el Mashiaj ben David i ell aporti el coneixement i el govern i jutgi a las persones conforme a l'Halaja. B'' H'', beneíts el jueus i el noájides fidels a H'

  • B"H

    Todah rabah, for posting this wonderful video about the celebration of Chag Shavuot in Ha Eretz. Yasher koach!

    May HaShem soon enable those of us still living [existing] in the galut, to return to Ha Eretz, ASAP.

  • Happy chag Shavuot

  • What beautiful looking foods and they taste even better.

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