What is Shavuot?
Shavuot celebrates both the first fruits of the harvest as well as the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. On a visceral level it represents safety and security as we count each night from Passover to Shavuot hoping for a full harvest. On a spiritual level it represents the climb out of Slavery in Egypt up to the heights of Mount Sinai and the Torah. Some of the traditions of Shavuot include eating dairy, studying the Torah, and decorating our homes and sanctuaries with flowers or live vines. If you’d like to dive deeper into the many layered meanings of Shavuot you can read here or email Rabbi Fruithandler.
Thursday, 5/25
6PM
RSVP by 5/22
6:45pm
Erev Shavuot Services
followed by
Ice Cream & Learning at 7:15pm
7:55pm Candle Lighting
8:00pm-12:00am ET
Tikkun Leil Shavuot: Torah from Coast to Coast
Hosted by the Rabbinical Assembly Streaming on YouTube Live
Presenter Schedule:
8:00pm-8:30pm ET, Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, "Democracy is a Jewish Value: The Torah of Israel's Declaration of Independence"
8:30pm-9:00pm ET, Hazzan Sara Geller, "Singing and Gathering for Hag!"
9:00pm-9:30pm ET, Rabbi Ed Feinstein, "An Owner's Guide to the Human Soul - Abraham Joshua Heschel's 'Who Is Man?'"
9:30pm-10:00pm ET, Eric Leiderman & Rabbi Zach Golden, "No More Edifice Complex: How Do You Build Communities of People, Outside of Brick and Mortar?"
10:00pm-10:30pm ET, Rabbi Lisa Gelber & Rabbi Jan Uhrbach, "Hanging by a Thread: Torah and the Comfort of the Unknowing"
10:30pm-11:00pm ET, Heather Miller, "Becoming Better: Exploring Character Traits in Jewish Tradition"
11:00pm-12:00am ET, Rabbi David Fine and Rabbi Barry Leff, "The Driving Teshuva Redux: Electric Cars and Oneg Shabbat"
Friday, 5/26
9:00am
Shavuot Service
6:30pm
Shavuot Shabbat Evening Service
7:56pm Candle Lighting
Saturday, 5/27
9:00am
Shavuot Shabbat
~10:15am Yizkor Service for WJC
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Sun, May 11 2025 13 Iyyar 5785
