Why some study to the point of exhaustion on a holiday about the giving of the Torah. Though the custom is widespread, there are few classical sources to support it. So why do we do it? On its face, ...

By the time you read this, Shavuot may have passed, and I will hopefully still be asleep recovering from it. Shavuot may honestly be the only holiday I hands-down like better in I ...

“Stay Up All Night” – A funny and oh-so-true video from Rebbetzin Tap and Friends circa 2011 but so timeless you can enjoy again and again. If you are like my husband you can really relate to this ...

Shavuot, the Jewish holiday that commemorates the giving and receiving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, begins this year on the evening of Tuesday, June 11. During the course of the two-day holiday, Jews ...

Why didn't the Torah provide any rituals for Shavuot? And why was it so important for Jews to create their own customs?

The Torah is described as the Tree of Life, and there is a legend that Mount Sinai once was a “green mountain” covered with ...

Beyond cheesecake and tradition, Shavuot carries a layered identity that links Sinai, agriculture, and Jewish history from ...

Shavuot may not be the most prominent Jewish festival, but it captures something essential: the belief that education is ...

The Jewish holiday of Shavuot begins at sundown on May 25. It is an important ancient harvest festival that also celebrates Moses receiving the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) from God on ...

The joyous Jewish holiday of Shavuot occurred the third week of May. This is an important ancient harvest festival that ...

The holiday of Shavuot, which begins at sundown this year on Thursday, May 25, is understood by Jewish tradition to be the time when God gave the Israelites the Torah at Mount Sinai. It is ...