Shavuot, which means "weeks" in Hebrew, is probably the most important Jewish holiday you've never heard of, commemorating the single most important event in Israel's history. Here's what you need ...

But what about Shavuot? The holiday – which means "weeks" in Hebrew, and is referred to as the "Feast of Weeks" – celebrates the Jews receiving the Torah (the Jewish bible) from God on Mount ...

When you think of Jewish holidays, most non-Jewish people know about Hanukkah, Passover, Yom Kippur maybe. But what about Shavuot?

But what about Shavuot? The holiday – which means "weeks" in Hebrew, and is referred to as the "Feast of Weeks" – celebrates the Jews receiving the Torah (the Jewish bible) from God on Mount ...

Strengthening The Feast of Weeks: PR for Shavuot Of course, we all know that Shavuot observance and the holiday's customs are long-standing and from our Sages, but a little humor doesn't hurt.

Shavuot in 1948: Harvesting the ... “Jerusalem’s streets over the week-end were thronged by thousands of persons who, ... they found enough for a feast. And in a kibbutz field under a canopy ...

Raphael and Michael, who are surely as angelic as their names suggest, prize two different aspects of the early-summer holiday of Shavuot or Shavuos. The Biblical Feast of Weeks is an agricultural ...

The Jewish holiday of Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks (Shavuot literally translates as “weeks”), occurred last week, on May 25-27 (Thursday evening through Saturday evening). In the Hebrew ...

It was Shavuot in the newly declared State of Israel, and the country was at war. What should have been a time of thanksgiving, of harvest, and ancient ritual took place under bombardment.