Shavuot, which means weeks, begins this Saturday. It marks seven weeks since Passover. It’s the end destination of the counting of the Omer. To mark this holiday, which celebrates the day the Jewish people received the Torah at Mount Sinai, we’re supposed to stay up all night studying Torah and eating dairy foods. This may be because the Torah is likene…
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