The Atlanta Rabbinical Association (ARA) will host a community-wide virtual Tikkun Leil Shavuot on Thursday, May 28th, beginning at 6 p.m., with multiple tracks and prayer services. Teachers will ...
An often-overlooked spring holiday, Shavuot commemorates the moment when God gave the Torah to the Jewish people. For generations, Jews have celebrated with communal Torah study sessions, called ...
Thus we find that, uniquely among holidays, the date of Shavuot is not fixed at all and is in fact set by the Sanhedrin. Rav Friedman explains that the true greatness of the Torah can only be ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- It is seven weeks since Passover and the Jewish community will celebrate Shavuot, also called the feast of weeks or the Pentecost beginning Tuesday at sundown. This also marks ...