How was Shavuot celebrated in the time of the temple, and how does this tradition compare with its modern Zionist interpretation?

To Have and to Hold: at the start of their studies, children in Morocco went through a symbolic wedding ceremony to bond them forever with the Torah.

How was Shavuot celebrated in the time of the temple, and how does this tradition compare with its modern Zionist interpretation?

A look at the Kabbalistic significance of the Counting of the Omer, which culminates in the festival of Shavuot

What ideas are expressed in the commandments, and what would you choose as your top ten values?

Step back in time to the the Roman Jewish community in the 1400s to consider the effect illustrations can have on the prayer experience.

Learn about Shavuot customs through traditional texts, primary sources and first-person accounts recorded by Centropa.

What's the best way to keep track of the Omer and not loose count?

Explore what Hevruta learning is and how it is different from other types of learning

Most Jewish holidays have a fixed Hebrew date. But Shavuot? No date. None. The holiday’s timing has long been the subject of debate, a dispute that once split the Jewish people. So who won, and why?

It is sometimes difficult to picture the places that we read about in the Tanakh. Luckily, there are drawings and photographs which help us to imagine what the places and events described in the Tanakh look like.