By Rabbi Jill Jacobs As Shavuot approaches, Congress again seems poised to take up the question of immigration reform. Frustrated by last year’s stalemate on the subject, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid earlier this month announced... 

Shavout is the time that the Jewish people received the Torah at Mount Sinai. This momentous occasion is commemorated each year, fifty days after the Passover holiday. In many areas, the tradition is that we stay awake the night of Shavout studying the... 

What is Shavout? Shavout is a Jewish Religious Holyday. This year, 1998, it falls on Sunday, May 31, and in the Diaspora it is celebrated also a second day, on Monday, June 1. What’s it all about? Shavout commemerates the giving of the Torah... 

I’m a little confused. We are about to celebrate Shavuot and I’m told it is the “Season of the Giving of the Torah.” But isn’t there another holiday when we celebrate with the Torah? Simchat Torah, right? So why are we celebrating twice?... 

Blintzes are a traditional dish for the holiday of Shavuot. Top with sour cream, apple sauce or cinnamon and sugar. BATTER 4 eggs 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup water 1 cup flour 1/4 cup sugar 1 package vanilla sugar Pinch of salt 1 Tbsp. oil CHEESE FILLING... 

Shavuot, the day of the giving of the Torah by G-d, is also called the day of the receiving of the Ten Commandments by Israel. And it would seem to be a natural pairing of concepts – the giving and the receiving being the two sides of the same... 

Shavuot is the Festival of the Giving of the Torah. When G-d gave the Torah to the Jewish people, the Jewish children were the guarantors! G-d knew that He could count on the Jewish boys and girls to make sure the Jewish people would love the Torah,... 

On the first of Sivan, the first day of the third month after the exodus from Egypt, the children of Israel reached the desert of Sinai and camped near the mountain. During the few weeks of traveling in the desert under Divine protection, with daily miracles,... 

Out of respect for the sanctity of the holiday, please print out this holiday guide before the onset of the holiday (sundown Tuesday, May 22), and keep handy throughout the holiday for reference purposes. Tuesday, Sivan 5-May 22 Erev Shavuot It is customary... 

Since it is the Harvest Festival, it is customary on Shavuot to adorn the home and synagogue with fruits, flowers and greens. Furthermore, our Sages relate that although Mount Sinai was situated in a desert, when the Torah was given the mountain bloomed...