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    Toil and Text: The Twin Gifts of Shavuot

    Spending a summer working on a farm got me in touch with nature—and Torah. Now I understand how the two are intertwined.

    bySarah Marx
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    On Shavuot, the Book of Ruth Offers Doctors a Prescription for Compassion

    Medical professionals could learn a lot from the biblical character, whose kindness initiated a chain of merciful acts

    byBenjamin W. Corn
  • Shavuot sunrise prayers at the Kotel.
    Shavuot sunrise prayers at the Kotel.
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    Searching for Myself at Jerusalem’s Hippie Yeshiva

    I didn’t fit in among the scruffy rock musicians and young women in shawls and drapey skirts, but my Shavuot visit changed me

    byRuchama King Feuerman
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    My Arranged Marriage—to the Torah

    On Shavuot, as Jews commemorate our marriage to God at Sinai, I look back on the commitment I made as a young man

    byAlter Yisrael Shimon Feuerman
  • The author at the Camp Buehring memorial.
    The author at the Camp Buehring memorial.
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    An Army Chaplain’s Memorial Day of Hope

    How one cantor gained a new view of the holiday, and a belief in a brighter future

    byDavid Frommer
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    A Life of Dairy and Davening

    Bill Berman is an anomaly among South Florida’s dairymen, few of whom start their day putting on tefillin

    byTablet Magazine
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    Sandra Bernhard Discusses Shavuot

    Getting ready for Dawn 2010

    byMarc Tracy
  • Mount Sinai, circa 1910, from the Matson Collection.
    Mount Sinai, circa 1910, from the Matson Collection.
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    On Shavuot, Finding Myself at Sinai. Again.

    A convert to Judaism discusses why the sleepless, all-night study sessions make this her favorite holiday

    bySiân Gibby
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