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 before the Shavuot holiday, ...

On Monday afternoon, the new group of “Pirkhei Cohanim” (young priests) participated in the Temple Institute’s annual Shavuot reenactment at a festive event on Jerusalem’s Hass Promenade overlooking ...

The Torah calls the festival of Shavuot “Yom Habikurim” or "the day of the ripening of the first grains of the wheat harvest." (Bamidbar, 28:26.) Rashi explains the text as follows, “the festival of ...

Cheesecake and blintzes hold an important place in the realm of Jewish cuisine, but they aren’t the be all and end all of Shavuot foods. In fact, there are many unique dishes — both dairy and nondairy ...

The ancient harvest festival of Shavuot, which begins this Saturday at sunset, is an all-night bacchanal of reading, arguing, and cheese. It’s a celebration of a lot of things: the grain harvest ...

Shavuot, meaning both weeks and making an oath, is the great marriage between the people, Israel and the Infinite One, Adonai. One of the few holidays without any historical or political connection, ...

To prevent public gatherings during COVID-19, Lag BaOmer took place without bonfires, resulting in a significant reduction in air pollution. Now, Shavuot will be the first holiday to be celebrated ...

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