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B'nai Emet -> Holidays -> Shavuot
On Shavuot we read from the Book of Ruth.
This year B’nai Emet Synagogue will sponsor our own Tikkun L’Eil Shavuot on Sunday, June 8, beginning at 8:00 p.m. We will begin with the Ma’ariv service, followed by an "intergenerational panel" featuring Michael Engel, Wendy Grosser, Paul Tuchman, and Rabbi Selch. There will be a special session with Rabbi Selch at 10 pm followed by a reception at 11:30 pm. Yom Tov Shavuot Service Schedule:
Kids Activities From Pesach to Shavuot - Quiz, memory game, jigsaw puzzle, scramble, tic-tac-toe. Both Savuot and Passover activities. The following are some nice links to internet web sites that celebrate Shavuot: Shavuot on the Net - the story of Shavuot, legends and customs, the Ten Commandments, greeting cards, and a holiday message board. Shavuot at OU.ORG - a deep site by the Orthodox Union describing many facets of Shavuot. The story, laws and service, customs. Special features includes an audio track of the reading of Ruth. Shavuot at JOI - a light overview of Shavuot by the Jewish Outreach Organization (a group that develops outreach programming to help include unaffiliated Jews into the Jewish community). This site contains an overview and stories. Sh@vuot Center - The Chabab's interpretation. Another deep site with lots of stories, interpretations and explanations. Shavuot Journal - Good explanations and overviews, as well as scholarly works at the Yeshivat Har Etzion. The Karaite Korner Shavuot - Very deep explanation of Shavuot. Note that this site is by a group that "rejects later additions to the Tanach (Jewish Bible) such as the Rabbinic Oral Law and places the ultimate responsibility of interpreting the Bible on each individual. Karaism does not reject Biblical interpretation but rather holds every interpretation up to the same objective scrutiny regardless of its source.". You get an interesting and different perspective. Everything Jewish - Nice overview of Shavuot. Hagshana's Shavuot - Shavuot by the World Zionist Organization. |
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Shavuot
is a triple holiday: the Feast of Weeks (culmination of the 50 day counting of
the Omer), celebrating the harvest season in Israel; and the anniversary of the
giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount
Sinai. 
Shavuot
is one of the three Jewish pilgrim holidays, where the Israelites would gather
in Jerusalem for celebration and prayer.
