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Redressing [the failure] for seven days

It is difficult for a Jew to leave Mount Sinai, so we try a little longer to stay at the bottom of the mountain.

Top Secret: Operation Protest at Netanyahu's House

The protest at the PMs house included a ban on cell phones, uniforms, registration, screening, and orders that changed every few hours.

New app can generate 64,000 kosher cheesecake recipes

An app that can generate 64,000 kosher cheesecake recipes aims to prove AI’s value for Orthodox Jews.

Chag Sameach from Israel National News!

Israel National News will be offline until Saturday night in honor of the holiday of Shavuot, followed by Shabbat.

Shavuot (Pentecost) guide for the perplexed, 2023

Learn the significance of the holiday and its names, about the number 7 in Judaism as well as the number 50 and more.

Shavuot: Connecting to Torah Study

Israel's first Chief Rabbi:It is axiomatic that the Jewish soul and the Torah are a match made in heaven

The Principles of Eiruv Tavshilin – for Shavuot

In Israel, it is rare to need to prepare Eiruv Tavshilin, but this Shavuot both those of us in the Diaspora and in Israel will be making it.

Ahead of Shavuot holiday, Mendy Weiss & Shloime Meir sing 'Kavod Latorah'

Shloime Meir composed the song a while ago, but when Mendy Weiss discovered it, he didn't hesitate for a second, and the two began a duet.

Talking Parsha - Nasso and Shavuot: Hashem favors??

How can we implore Hashem to grant us favor when the Torah teaches us that He neither shows favoritism nor accepts bribes?

Everything there is to know about Shavuot

The entire chapter of Rabbi Eliezer Melamed's Peninei Halakha, the comprehensive compendium of Halakha, on Shavuot.

Shavuot: The Torah and the Land

Shavuot synthesises the Torah and the Land of Israel perfectly: G-d gave us His Torah on this day to keep in the Land of Israel.

Amiram Ben Uliel to be released from solitary confinement for Shavuot

Man convicted of Duma arson to be allowed to interact with other prisoners during holiday under Ben-Gvir's policy.

The gift from Esau and Ishmael: Naaseh veNishma

Ramban:’Had not Israel accepted the Torah, the world would have returned to nothingness, BY ITSELF...’.

Every Jew is a letter in the Torah

But - we sink or swim together, just as a kosher Torah needs all its letters to be kosher.

Shavuot features: The Godless Commandments

The people who least care about religion are the ones who claim to live by the Ten Commandments.

Wilderness to Civilization -the power of Torah

Civilization is built primarily on values, morality, beliefs, ethics, principles, and attitudes towards human life.

Shabbat BeShabbato: Bamidbar and Shavuot

A selection of well-known contemporary commentators on the parasha and the upcoming holiday.

Bechukotai: A challenge for Shavuot this year

Why not go for it? Why not engage with Torah?

Michigan high school sued for scheduling graduation on Shavuot

Jewish student accuses school of violating her rights, after family spent years working with district on accommodating Jewish holidays.

Saying farewell to Rabbi Uri Zohar zt"l

Rabbi Uri Zohar was the epirtome of a baal teshuva who uses every minute to make up for what he perceived as lost Torah study time.

Watch: Singing together at the Western Wall at the end of Shavuot

More than 50,000 Jews visited the Western Wall during Shabbat and the festival of Shavuot.

Hundreds visit the Temple Mount for Shavuot

Temple Mount authorities report that 754 Jews made their way to the Mount over Shavuot - an increase from previous years.

Defining our relations with the world's major powers from the time we became a nation

Parashat Naso - Shavu’ot 5782: The parasha and current events.

Shavuot and the Torah of Eretz Yisrael

The word “Morasha” (inheritance) is written only twice in the Torah. Once in reference to the Land and once in reference to the Torah

Rabbi David Stav: Being united is the precondition for being given the Torah

Head of the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization, speaks about how to prepare for Shavuot - the holiday commemorating the giving of the Torah.

Yizkor: Recalling our dearly departed on Shavuot

What are the memories and thoughts that should fill our minds and hearts as we are about to recite Yizkor on Shavuot?

How to make Shavuot bloom

The Torah lifestyle reaches out to every corner of the world that seems to be empty, shallow and "dry"- and gives it life, color and depth.

Shavuot: A lesson from the Torah

Would we not have expected Shavuot, of all the Festivals in our calendar, to be replete with impressive rituals?

Laws for Shavuot 2022, which begins at the close of the Sabbath Day

The special laws when Shavuot begins Saaturday night .

Banners of love

Why this Parasha is read shortly before we again receive the Torah on Shavuot.

Chaos is back

The deep meaning of the world "midbar" - translated "desert", but whose root is the same as that of speech - and more insights in Judaism.

The Israelites' iron dome

The Torah wants us to deduce something from the use of the word "regalim" instead of "peamim." The commentaries enlighten us.

'A still, small voice'

Is this not the voice that we are longing now to hear? The comforting voice of peace, of stillness and serenity.

250 rockets fired at Israel over Shavuot holiday

House in Ashdod suffers direct hit. 25 rockets fired by terrorists fall in Gaza.

Shavuot: Seeing sound

Israel's first Chief Rabbi on the Sinai revelation: 'At their source, sound and sight are united.'

Shavuot 5781 (2021):- Celebrate in spite of it all

Just four days after the Six Day War was over, Jews celebrated Shavuot at the newly-liberated Western Wall. We must continue to celebrate.

Safe room for the body, safe room for the soul

A brief lesson from them in maintaining emotional health during this time.

Acknowledging God: How does one connect to the light of Shavuot?

The light of Shavuot gives us a chance to connect to the Torah, but how do we do this? The rabbis of Yeshiva website provide some ideas.

The Book of Ruth: A Zionist story For Shavuot

The duality of Shavuot is prominent in the Book of Ruth. The time is the harvest and Ruth accepts the Torah.as the Jews did on Mt. Sinai.

Rosh Hodesh Sivan Torah essay

May the unity experienced at Mount Sinai envelop us once again as we study Torah on the holiday of Shavuot celebrating that event.

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