The bread traditionally associated with Shabbat may look different on Shavuot.

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

This commentary is provided by special arrangement with American Jewish World Service. To learn more, visit www.ajws.org.At one level, the three ...

It’s Shavuot! It’s Memorial Day weekend! It’s my first week in a new city! In fact, it’s all three of ...

Tonight, Jews across the world will pull an all-nighter. Some will sit in synagogue all night long; others will “shul-crawl,†...

This reading includes the biblical commandment to consecrate the first-born males of the flock to God. It then turns to ...

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

When I think about Shavuot, the first image that pops into my head is a mob of Israelites gathered at ...

The Jews accepted the Torah with the statement "naaseh v'nishma" -- we will do and we will hear.