Jews who observe the holiday typically self-reflect during the 49-day “Omer count” period and work on their spiritual growth. This year, it begins the evening of Sunday, May 16 and lasts until ...

Themes: The Jewish festival of Shavuot; the Bible story of Ruth and Naomi; loyalty; welcoming others. Ruth: Yes, my first husband was Jewish and from here - in Bethlehem. He moved to Moab with his ...

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(JTA) — Rome’s largest synagogue was decorated with thousands of flowers as part of the community’s tradition ahead of the holiday of Shavuot. The flowers — arrangements of roses of ...

ORIGINS Tikkun Leil Shavuot is said to have been officially established by the famous 16th-century kabbalist, Rabbi Isaac Luria, more commonly referred to as the Arizal or the Ari. However, there ...

Join Ben Faulks for a programme all about the celebration of Shavuot and what it represents for Jewish people; rules and why we need them; treating others as individuals. Look at more pictures of ...

There, we find a biblical outline for the Jewish festival, Shavuot, or Feast of Weeks (see Leviticus 23:15-21, Numbers ...

Coming 50 days after Passover, Shavuot marks the end of the grain harvest and the anniversary of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Shavuot is also one of the Shalosh Regalim, the three ...

Thankfully, you don’t have to suffer this year. Jews with some familiarity of Shavuot probably know the holiday as a day for eating cheesecake – along with other creamy, dairy-rich dishes ...