Delicious dairy treats for Shavuot from a father and son
Marvin and Max Gelkopf share cheesecake secrets.
Good news for the lactose intolerant on Shavuot
What can lactose intolerant people do on Shavuot?
Why doesn’t Shavuot get its just (dairy) desserts?
Counting the Omer, the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, links these two major holidays. They are related in many ways, yet they differ dramatically.
THE SHABBAT TABLE and Shavuot: cheesecake, kugel, blintzes
This Blueberry-Lemon Cheesecake with Pretzel Crust, Peach and Goat Cheese Noodle Kugel and Lavender Lemon Blintzes are perfect for Shavuot.
Shavuot and paper cutting, a forgotten folk art form
In my counter-culture phase, I thought of such activities as materialistic and superficial. But I’ve come to realize that investing energy and resources to make things aesthetically pleasing can be deeply spiritual.
This Shavuot, let them eat cake!
After you talk about Shavuot with your children, enjoy these two delicious dairy desserts!
The message of Shavuot is the message of Torah
It’s Torah as a whole that we celebrate on Shavuot, writes Rabbi Jay Kelman
Megillat Ruth: Modern themes, art and song
There are many reasons given why we read the Story of Ruth on Shavuot
Nourishing body and soul: Shavuot and the Seven Species
Although it’s customary to eat dairy foods on Shavuot, you may want to try a different way to mark the holiday’s agricultural roots – with foods that can nourish your soul as well as your body
Israelis in search of God
Commenting on a verse in the Book of Jeremiah (16:11) about the ancestors who’ve forsaken God, the midrash makes God say: “Would that they had forsaken Me but kept My Torah.”
I thought of it last Shavuot night in Jerusalem where, like everywhere else in Israel, a large number of people, many young and neither observant nor believers, flocked to hundreds of study sessions to celebrate the Festival of the Giving of the Torah. Jerusalem even published a map to guide people to the many places where Torah was being taught that night.
