Monday, May 30, 2016

Shavuos - The Forgotten Holiday

From BeingJewish.com

Everyone has heard of Passover. But what is Shavuos? And why have so few people heard of it? It's also in the Torah, yet it certainly does not have the eminence that Passover holds for most people. Why is it not as well known as Passover?

We all know what Passover is about. That's when we became a nation, in a sense. At any rate, that's when we became the "Nation that the Creator has taken for His very own." But what was it for? Why did the Creator choose us? What purpose did He have in mind?

Well, that's what's Shavuos is all about. While Passover is the time we became the Nation to receive a Mission, it was on Shavuos that we received that Mission.

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