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The
Great Oath -- Shavuot 2010 -- A BFD
You
thought the festivities ended with the Passover seder? Naw! Observant
Jews anticipate the anniversary of G-d giving Moses the Torah
by Counting the Omer and then
celebrate Shavuot. Passover,
which celebrates the Exodus from Egypt, is just the beginning!
Observant Jews count the 49 days between the Exodus and receiving
of the Torah and call this The Counting of the Omer. This
counting is sort of like counting down the days until your birthday or
seconds until the new year (but Jews always count UP -- in anticipation
of greater-ness). The counting ends on the Jewish date, 6th of
Sivan, and then Jews celebrate Shavuot, the Oath, which this year begins
sundown, Tuesday, May 18th 2010. It is written in
the Torah that on this day the Jewish people received the Ten
Commandments from G-d at Mount Sinai and made an oath of loyalty to One
G-d. A BFD, if
there ever was one. Read more about Shavuot on ModernTribe's Blog |
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