Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shavuot, which means "weeks" in Hebrew, is probably the most important Jewish holiday non-Jews have never heard of, commemorating ...

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Today is the Jewish holiday of Shavuot which marks the end of counting the Omer and the day the Jews were given the Torah on Mount Sinai. According to Jewish tradition, it took seven weeks from when ...

Shavuot’s journey from an agricultural celebration to commemorating the Giving of the Torah, and its eventual return to an agricultural focus, underscores the adaptability of Jewish tradition. The ...

When you think of Jewish holidays, a few may come to mind. Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, maybe. But what about Shavuot? The holiday – which means "weeks" in Hebrew, and is referred ...

(JTA) — Let’s face it: Shavuot is the National Hockey League of Jewish holidays. In terms of popularity, Passover, the High Holy Days and Hanukkah are the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball. Shavuot ...

(The Conversation) — Shavuot, which was originally an ancient pilgrimage festival, has gone through many changes over the years – as has Judaism itself. (The Conversation) — For most American Jews ...

Reporting from Tel Aviv — Last weekend, we left the city behind and drove about an hour south to my mother-in-law’s kibbutz to see the rolling fields of ripening wheat ready to be harvested just ...

KIBBUTZ GINEGAR, Israel (JTA) — As the song “Golden Youth” by kibbutz folk band Gevatron played in an outdoor alcove beneath this farm village’s community center on Wednesday afternoon, choreographer ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rabbi Craig Mayers with Temple Beth Sholom, reads from the new Torah the temple has received. The temple held their inauguration ...

Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah... most non-Jewish people have at least a vague idea of what those Jewish holidays commemorate, celebrate or honor. But how about Shavuot, the "Feast of Weeks?" ...