And Ruth said, Do not entreat me to leave you, or to keep from following you; for wherever you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God; Where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried;...
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It’s now 49 days and 20 hours of the omer…Shavuot will be here in a few hours. The time count is appropriate because we’ve been counting for the last seven weeks already…counting the days until we reach tonight. Seven weeks ago we celebrated Passover and spiritually left behind “Mitzrayim,” our narrow place, and started...
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I usually write with answers; today I'm writing with a LONG list of questions appropriate to the holiday. On Shavuot, we read the story of Ruth, considered the archetype for the Jewish convert: she joins the Jewish people with a beautiful statement to her mother in law: And Ruth said, Do not entreat...
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If you haven't experienced Shavuot in Jerusalem, you've never experienced Shavuot. If you live anywhere else, and want to experience a holiday that is celebrated in Jerusalem in a fashion unlike anywhere else, Shavuot is the holiday. The Torah commands us to gather in Jerusalem for three holidays in particular — the "Shalosh Regalim,"...
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Shavuot is called “zeman matan Torahtenu,” the season of the giving of the Torah – interestingly not “the season of the receiving of the Torah.” That’s because the heart of the Torah may have been given on Mt. Sinai, but the receiving of the Torah happens we are open to hearing the Torah’s teachings, which...
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Technorati Tags: Shavuot, faith Click Here to go straight to the sermon Shavuot is called zeman matan Torateinu, the time of the giving of our Torah. Why don’t we call it zeman kibalnu Torateinu, the time when we accepted the Torah? Years ago, some of the shtetls in Eastern Europe were too small...
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