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Marrying the Torah
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.
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.
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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?
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.
Printable Activity
Shavuot Printable Activity
These items highlight different aspects of this holiday and demonstrates how it was celebrated in different times and places in the Jewish world.
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
Hevruta Learning
Explore what Hevruta learning is and how it is different from other types of learning
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Marrying the Torah
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.
Source Sheet
Picturing the Tanakh
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.
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?
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?
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.
Printable Activity
Shavuot Printable Activity
These items highlight different aspects of this holiday and demonstrates how it was celebrated in different times and places in the Jewish world.
Lesson Plan
Shavuot Customs in Words and Pictures
Learn about Shavuot customs through traditional texts, primary sources and first-person accounts recorded by Centropa.