Suggestions for Shavuot all-night learning session
Besides Meguilat Rut and the laws pertaining to Yom Tov in general, is there anything Lail Shavuot is specifically considered a good time to learn about, Torah-wise?
View ArticleWhich chag also celebrates or renews a brit or similar?
What do our rabbis of blessed memory say about Shavuos, or any chag that celebrates the purposes of that chag as well as at the same time celebrates or renews a previous brit or similar? From shul I...
View ArticleHow did the triennial Torah reading fulfil the ordninance Ezra?
Ezra declared that the curses in Vayikra be read before Shavuos and those in Devarim before Rosh HaShana (Megillah 31b). How was that accomplished by those in Eretz Yisrael who had a triennial system...
View ArticleEarly maariv prayer and Kiddush on the night of Shavuot - what are the...
I always remembered communities waiting for nightfall before praying Maariv on Shavuot night (to fulfill "seven complete weeks"). I recently learned this was not the case in every community, some wait...
View ArticleWhere in the Torah is the "ascending order of importance" derived?
Where in the Torah is the "ascending order of importance" derived, as used by the Temple Institute in describing the basket of firstfruits?They wrote,[> "The fruits were arranged in ascending order...
View ArticleChupah (tallit gadol) above bimah on Shavuot
I was wondering as I hear it for the first time that one of my friend told me that they made a chupah (hung tallit gadol) above the bimah on Shavuot. He told me it's a custom that we do every year, but...
View ArticleWe already had the Torah?
According to the Gemoro in Yuma (28B) the forefathers already observed the Torah in it's entirety (according to the understanding of Ramban and the Shaloh in Toldot Adam, Beit HaBechira 4),...
View ArticleConnection between the three Atzeret?
I noticed that there are three moments called Atzeret. The seventh day of Pesach (Deuteronomy 16:8)Shavuot (Pesachim 68b)Shemini Atzeret (Leviticus 23:36)But what is the connection between these three...
View ArticleThree days before Matan Torah and three days of fast before Purim
Bnei Yisrael had to prepare themselves for three days before the giving of the Torah.As a parallel to this receiving of the Torah, the Jews "accepted" the Torah on Purim (kiy'mu v'kiblu). The turning...
View ArticleWhat does Shavuot commemorate? [duplicate]
When did the tradition of interpreting Shavuot as commemorating the giving of the Torah ("Zman matan toratenu") begin and what is the first source for that?In the Torah itself, Shavuot is called the...
View ArticleSadducees versus Pharisees about Shavuot
When the Sadducees tried to argue that Shavuot comes on the Sunday after the first Shabbat in Pessah (because the Torah says "the day after Shabbat") Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai countered them sharply as...
View ArticleWhat is the source that the "skies open up" on Shavuat night?
I remember having been taught that the "skies open up" on Shavuot and that there is a tradition to go outside on the night of Shavuot and do personal tefilot at night.I can attest to certain to tefilot...
View ArticleWhy do we put out greenery on Shavuos?
Those that have the Minhag to put out greenery in the Shul on Shavuos, why do we do it?
View ArticleWhy count the Omer?
The Torah enjoins us to count the Omer for agricultural reasons [Leviticus 23:15-17]. Later, the counting was reinterpreted as eager anticipation for the giving of the Torah on Shavuot.(1) What is the...
View ArticleLeDavid Mizmor in Shavout morning
Following this question. The answer for why saying in Shabbat morning, Mizmor Ledavid (Ashkenaz, Nosah Sfard) and on a regular day and on Yom Tov that is not Shabbat, LeDavid Mizmor is that on Shabbat...
View ArticleChag Ha'Bikurim
Shavuoth, in addition to being Zman Matan Toratenu, is also Chag Ha'Bikurim. Yet we do not refer to bikurim in the tfillot nor do read the Torah portions (or a haftorah) dealing with bikurim.I have...
View ArticleIs there an inyan to eat Cheesecake on Shavuos?
I know everybody does it, and I know there is an inyan to eat dairy, but is there an inyan specifically for eating cheesecake on Shavuos? And if so, where does it come from?
View ArticleAt what meal to eat Matza in Shavuot and Rosh Hashana
There is custom (Minhag) to eat Matza at Shavuos and Rosh Hashana. (Here is the source) based on the Kolbo and also in found in the book Shmo Yosef. My question is at what meal to eat the Matza (at the...
View ArticleWhy doesn't Chabad read Ruth on Shavuot?
I was at Chabad this Shavuot and they did not read Ruth. Everywhere else I've been (all Nusach Ashkenaz) has read it claiming that it's appropriate since this is the time of the wheat harvest.Are there...
View ArticleWhen do we read Megillat Ruth?
This question has two parts:In the Diaspora, is Megillat Ruth read on the first day or the second day of Shavuot?At what point in the service is it read: before Hallel, after the Haftarah, at the end...
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