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Shavuot 2026
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Jewish Practice
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Shavuot 2026
Shavuot Insights
A Dvar Torah For Every Aspect of Shavuot
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Giving of the Torah
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Holiday Thoughts
The Inner Dimension of Shavuot
11 Shavuot Myths and Misconceptions
Of Despots and Diets
The Party at Sinai
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The Gift
What is this Book we are Celebrating?
Meditation on an Embrace
His Torah or Our Torah?
8 Torah Scrolls as Amazing and Diverse as the Jewish People
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The Ten Commandments
The Torah's Blueprint
What Are the Ten Commandments?
On the Ten Commandments
The First Commandment
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In the Clouds
What REALLY Happened at Sinai
Why the Torah Was Given to a Nation of Trauma Survivors
What Happened at Matan Torah?
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The Desert Mountain
The Location Chosen for the Event
9 Facts You Should Know About Mount Sinai
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Humble Pride
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The Two Tablets
Ink and Stone
Keep Your Balance
The Two-Way Mirror
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The Guarantors
A Childish Understanding
Wanted: Childish People
Why Michael From Siberia Cried on Shavuot
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Message From the Rebbe
The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson
Preparing to Receive the Torah Today
Always Living With the Torah
Vedibarta Bam: Q&A on Shavuot and the Book of Ruth
By Moshe Bogomilsky
Foreword
The Names of Shavuot
Questions and Answers on the Uniqueness of Shavuot
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Take the Shavuot Quiz!
9 questions to see how much you know about this Biblical holiday
By Menachem Posner
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8 Ways to Make Shavuot 2026 Amazing
By Menachem Posner
Perhaps less known than Passover, the High Holidays and Sukkot, Shavuot is a Biblical Holiday celebrating the giving of the Torah at Sinai.
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Eleven Shavuot Facts Every Jew Should Know
By Yossi Feller
Every year on Shavuot we renew our acceptance of the Torah, and G‑d “re-gives” it to us anew.
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21 Things the Torah Is Compared To
By Yehuda Shurpin
Scripture and the sages employed a range of metaphors to describe different aspects of the Torah.
13 Short Meditations to Enliven Your Shavuot
By Tzvi Freeman
Post-Sinai
Mission From Sinai
With One Heart
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12 Facts You Should Know About Matan Torah
By Yehuda Altein
Learn about the Giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai, the most seminal event in Jewish history.
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Take the Matan Torah Quiz
By Menachem Posner
Which Jewish holiday celebrates Matan Torah?
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Reliving Sinai Each Year in Brooklyn
Shavuot was a weeks-long experience in the Rebbe’s court
By Motti Wilhelm
Shavuot 2026
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Vedibarta Bam: Q&A on Shavuot and the Book of Ruth
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