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The Book of Ruth
Rabbi Moshe Shulman
The book of Ruth is read on Shavuot both because of Ruth's conversion as a paradigm for receiving the Torah and the tradition that King David, her great-grandson, was born on Shavuot. The story explores the…
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Dr. Beni Gesundheit, Rabbi Hayyim Angel and 5 more
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The Tanakh Readings of Shavuot
Rabbi Hayyim Angel
Mondays, 10:00am Eastern
May 6The Ten Commandments in Classical Commentary and Contemporary Scholarship
May 13The Revelation at Sinai (Shemot Chapters 19, 20, and 24)
May 20Ezekiel's Vision of the…
It is the omer, a measure of barley, that unites the Biblical holidays of Pesach and Sukkot. With no calenderic date Shavuot occurs on the day after the counting of seven weeks “from the day on which you bring the omer, sheaf, of elevation offering…
This year, Shavuot falls on a Sunday. This rather unremarkable observation is of little import today; but had we been living in Temple times, or even in the early Middle Ages, this would have spared us much controversy. As is relatively well known,…
This five-part series will take place on Wednesdays at 8:00pm Eastern, starting May 4.
In this series leading up to Shavuot we will discuss the religious and ethical concepts of Judaism; their roots in biblical law and the oral tradition:
From…
This three-part series will take place on Thursdays at 11:00am Eastern (6:00pm in Israel) from May 12 to May 26.
Topics will include:
May 12: Structure & Meaning of the Chagim in the Jewish Calendar
May 19: Maimonides' Curriculum for the Study…
This series will take place on Wednesdays at 11:00am Eastern, (6:00pm Israel)
Beginning April 27, 2022
In preparation for, and following Shavuot, we will study the laws of the beginning of parashat Mishpatim (Exodus 21) through the eyes of the…