Jews who observe the holiday typically self-reflect during the 49-day “Omer count” period and work on their spiritual growth. This year, it begins the evening of Sunday, May 16 and lasts until ...

Shavuot is also one of the Shalosh Regalim, the three pilgrimage festivals which include Shavuot, Sukkot, and Passover. Jews celebrate Shavuot by staying up late into the night learning Torah and ...

Shavuot is the festival when we celebrate the receiving of the Torah and, in the words of the late Chief Rabbi Sacks zt”l, we celebrate being “free to” live a Jewish life.

In the second century, during the counting of the days between Passover and Shavuot ... the plague stopped, and Jews proclaimed a celebration called Lag B'omer. Today, young people in the Diaspora ...

On the night of the festival of Shavuot (the first night of Shavuot in the diaspora), it is traditional for Jews to stay up and learn Torah – a centuries-old custom known as Tikkun Leil Shavuot.

I found myself worrying that the lack of communal energy (and the proximity of my bed) would rob me of any desire to pull an all-nighter, one of the traditions that makes Shavuot so special.

Following the Hebrew calendar, the Jewish festival of Shavuot begins at sundown on ... Pentecost is a Christian feast day ...

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Shavuot, a holiday that celebrates the Ten Commandments, begins at sundown on Sunday, June 1, and ends the night of June 3. Some who celebrate the holiday study Jewish law all night on the first ...

Join Ben Faulks for a programme all about the celebration of Shavuot and what it represents for Jewish people ... part of it would you most like to celebrate? Make a replica Torah using 2 lengths ...