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Shavuot: A Jewish holiday of renewing commitment to God

  • Written by Alan Avery-Peck, Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies, College of the Holy Cross
imageAn Ultra Orthodox Jewish man in Israel harvests wheat ahead of the holiday of Shavuot.AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

The festival of Shavuot, marked this year on June 5 and 6, celebrates the biblical story of God revealing Torah – Jewish scriptures and teachings – to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. This gift, and the observance of Torah’s...

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