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Shavuot

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Saturday, June 4, 2022
Discover More Primary Sources about Shavuot

Look through our extensive catalog of primary sources about Shavuot, where you will find background information and teaching suggestions curated specially for educators.

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Source Sheet
Ten Commandments - Time of the Giving of the Torah
What ideas are expressed in the commandments, and what would you choose as your top ten values?
https://assets.website-files.com/5fc362177f496c31e6f54e24/61c82f8a279b74b8f501d894_Ten%20Commandments%20-%20Old%20and%20New%20Source%20Sheet.pdf
Lesson Plan
Bringing Bikkurim (First Fruits)
How was Shavuot celebrated in the time of the temple, and how does this tradition compare with its modern Zionist interpretation?
Source Sheet
How Were Bikkurim Brought to the Temple?
How was Shavuot celebrated in the time of the temple, and how does this tradition compare with its modern Zionist interpretation?
https://assets.website-files.com/5fc362177f496c31e6f54e24/61c2e7a6a78d2c4c5ae1f515_Source%20Sheet%20How%20Were%20Bikkurim%20Brought%20to%20the%20Temple.pdf
Lesson Plan
Shavuot Prayers - Roman Jewish Community 1450
Step back in time to the the Roman Jewish community in the 1400s to consider the effect illustrations can have on the prayer experience.
Activity Page
Shavuot Activity Printable Page
These items highlight different aspects of this holiday and demonstrates how it was celebrated in different times and places in the Jewish world.
https://assets.website-files.com/5fc362177f496c31e6f54e24/63f68c6a6ec8020368de9fdd_NLI-Children_Activities-Shavuot-ENG-Site.pdf
Did you know?

​According to the Torah, the Festival of Shavuot is celebrated fifty days after Passover. It's the only holiday for which the Torah doesn't note a date. Nowadays, Shavuot is celebrated on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan.

Lesson Plan
Shavuot Customs in Words and Pictures
Learn about Shavuot customs through traditional texts, primary sources and first-person accounts recorded by Centropa.
Source Sheet
Ten Commandments - Time of the Giving of the Torah
What ideas are expressed in the commandments, and what would you choose as your top ten values?
https://assets.website-files.com/5fc362177f496c31e6f54e24/61c82f8a279b74b8f501d894_Ten%20Commandments%20-%20Old%20and%20New%20Source%20Sheet.pdf
Lesson Plan
Bringing Bikkurim (First Fruits)
How was Shavuot celebrated in the time of the temple, and how does this tradition compare with its modern Zionist interpretation?
Source Sheet
How Were Bikkurim Brought to the Temple?
How was Shavuot celebrated in the time of the temple, and how does this tradition compare with its modern Zionist interpretation?
https://assets.website-files.com/5fc362177f496c31e6f54e24/61c2e7a6a78d2c4c5ae1f515_Source%20Sheet%20How%20Were%20Bikkurim%20Brought%20to%20the%20Temple.pdf
Lesson Plan
Shavuot Prayers - Roman Jewish Community 1450
Step back in time to the the Roman Jewish community in the 1400s to consider the effect illustrations can have on the prayer experience.
Activity Page
Shavuot Activity Printable Page
These items highlight different aspects of this holiday and demonstrates how it was celebrated in different times and places in the Jewish world.
https://assets.website-files.com/5fc362177f496c31e6f54e24/63f68c6a6ec8020368de9fdd_NLI-Children_Activities-Shavuot-ENG-Site.pdf
Lesson Plan
Shavuot Customs in Words and Pictures
Learn about Shavuot customs through traditional texts, primary sources and first-person accounts recorded by Centropa.
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