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SHAVUOT: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's Encyclopedia of Religion Author: Louis Jacobs $1.90 Features:
| SHAVUOT: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's Encyclopedia of Religion |
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Shavuot The holiday of the giving of the Torah:
The Sages ask why Shavuot is the holiday of giving the Torah and not of receiving the Torah. Their answer is that the Torah is that we are not to receive the Torah on one day only but on each and every day of our lives. In this entry one of the great teachers of Judaism of the modern era Louis Jacobs describes the religious significance of Shavuot, and its connection with and in a sense completion of Pesach.
This is a major Jewish holiday which is celebrated as such in Israel. Unfortunately many in...more info
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