In case you aren’t able to make it to shul for Shavuot (Thursday night through Sunday night), here are some video gifts to help you honor the holiday:
Click above to hear the great Reb Zalman Schachter Shalomi read and comment on The Book of Ruth. Sublime. You can find the entire [...]
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Shavuot Gifts for You
Posted in Food, Religion, Shavuot, Spirituality on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Critical Jewish News Dept.
Posted in Food, Israel, Judaism, Religion, Shavuot on June 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For all you Jewish giraffe’s milk enthusiasts, some reassuring news from the JTA:
Ahead of Shavuot, the festival when dairy foods traditionally are eaten, a team of rabbis and Bar-Ilan University scientists have deemed giraffe’s milk fit to join the kosher menu, Yediot Acharonot reported Friday.
(File under: “Whaaaaa??!!”)
Coming Home: A Sermon for Yom Kippur
Posted in High Holidays, Judaism, Reconstructionism, Religion, Sermons, Shavuot, Spirituality on October 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For those interested in an aftertaste of the High Holidays, here’s a short excerpt from my Yom Kippur sermon:
As for me, I’ve always felt it is far too early to write the epitaph for synagogues just yet. I do believe in congregations. I do believe that congregations are still places where great and important and [...]
Happy Shavuot!
Posted in Judaism, Religion, Shavuot, Spirituality on May 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In honor of Shavuot: sunrise at Mt. Sinai.
May this be a season of revelations…