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Next Thursday evening 25th May is Erev Shavuot. The holiday celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai as well as the grain harvest for the summer. In biblical times, Shavuot was one of ...

Coming 50 days after Passover, Shavuot marks the end of the grain harvest and the anniversary of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Shavuot is also one of the Shalosh Regalim, the three ...

(WWLP) – Local women gathered at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy ahead of Shavuot next ... home with flowers as Mount Sinai was decorated with flowers for the giving of the Torah.