Shavuot

Stay Up All Night With This Dessert

It’s customary to stay up all night learning Torah on the first night of Shavuot. Though I used to pull ...

Shavuot Recipe: Green Apple Blintz

Blintzes have had a long and happy relationship with Shavuot. As I mentioned yesterday, Shavuot and cheese go together like ...

Shavuot Recipe: Mediterranean Tartlet

When in doubt, break out the puff pastry.  Easy to work with, and always yielding a mouth-watering result, you really ...

Shavuot is coming! Shavuot is coming!

When we moved to Chicago, my roommate and I decided we wanted to have a dairy-only kitchen. We had a ...

Anticipating Tiferet she’b’Tiferet

Almost eight years ago, on the evening of April 22nd, after a full day of labor, my husband Rick and ...

Marching Towards Freedom With The Omer

We often flow unaware from one moment on the calendar to the next. There are too many times where we ...

Shavuot 2011

Everything you need to know to celebrate the holiday.

Shavuot in Medieval Times

Historical events and the development of mysticism leave their mark on this festival.

Redemption Comes at Sinai

Passover and Shavuot are part of one spiritual journey.

Celebrating Submission

Shavuot has no specific rituals because it is all about receiving God's Torah.

Feminine Aspects of the Omer

In mystical terms, this is a period of time leading to the unification of the male and female aspects of the Divine.