Shavuot recipes anyone?

[Guest guest]

Shavuot is just around the corner and a lovely holiday for

vegetarians.

If anyone of you has a long-guarded favourite (family) recipe,

please, do share it with us!

I'll search my recipe archives as well!!

 

Gabriella

[Guest guest]

Hi,

Sure,Julie,I'd love to:

 

Shavuot, the Feast of the Weeks, is the Jewish holiday celebrating

the harvest season in Israel. Shavuot, which means " weeks " is the

second of the three major festivals (Passover being the first and

Sukkot the third) and comes exactly fifty days after Passover.

Shavuot is known also as Yom Habikkurim, or " the Day of the First

Fruits " , because it is the time the farmers of Israel would bring

their first harvest to Jerusalem as a token of thanksgiving.

Shavuot is also known as Zeman Matan Toratenu, the Season of the

Giving of Our Law, which commemorates the anniversary of the giving

of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

Shavuot also means " oaths " , with the giving of the Torah, the Jewish

people and G-d exchanged oaths, forming an everlasting covenant, not

to forsake one another.

On the first night of Shavuot (this year Tuesday, May 25, 2004), Jews

throughout the world observe the centuries-old custom of conducting

an all-night vigil dedicated to Torah learning. One explanation for

this tradition is that the Jewish people did not rise early on the

day G-d gave the Torah, and that it was necessary for G-d Himself to

awaken them. To compensate for their behavior, Jews have accepted

upon themselves the custom of remaining awake all night.

It is customary on Shavuot to adorn the home and synagogue with

fruits, flowers and greens. The reason is that in the time of the

Temple, the first fruits of harvest were given on Shavuot. As well,

our Sages related that although Mount Sinai was situated in a desert,

when the Torah was given the mountain bloomed and sprouted flowers.

 

It is also customary to eat dairy foods on Shavuot. There are a

number of reasons for this custom:

 

With the giving of the Torah the Jews now became obligated to

observe the laws of Kashruth. As the Torah was given on Shabbat no

cattle could be slaughtered nor could utensils be koshered, and thus

on that day they ate dairy.

 

Another reason is that the Torah is likened to milk. The Hebrew word

for milk is chalav. When the numerical value of each of the letters

in the word chalav are added together - 8; 30; 2 - the total is

forty. Forty is the number of days Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving

the Torah.

 

Now I hope this wasn't too long and I did bore you, but I couldn't do

it any shorter.

 

Shalom!

Gabriella

[Guest guest]

Wow, this was so very enlightening, Gabriella - thank you so much for sharing.

 

Julie

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Gabriella

Monday, May 17, 2004 7:25 PM

Re: Shavuot recipes anyone?

 

 

Hi,

Sure,Julie,I'd love to:

 

Shavuot, the Feast of the Weeks, is the Jewish holiday celebrating

the harvest season in Israel. Shavuot, which means " weeks " is the

second of the three major festivals (Passover being the first and

Sukkot the third) and comes exactly fifty days after Passover.

Shavuot is known also as Yom Habikkurim, or " the Day of the First

Fruits " , because it is the time the farmers of Israel would bring

their first harvest to Jerusalem as a token of thanksgiving.

Shavuot is also known as Zeman Matan Toratenu, the Season of the

Giving of Our Law, which commemorates the anniversary of the giving

of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

Shavuot also means " oaths " , with the giving of the Torah, the Jewish

people and G-d exchanged oaths, forming an everlasting covenant, not

to forsake one another.

On the first night of Shavuot (this year Tuesday, May 25, 2004), Jews

throughout the world observe the centuries-old custom of conducting

an all-night vigil dedicated to Torah learning. One explanation for

this tradition is that the Jewish people did not rise early on the

day G-d gave the Torah, and that it was necessary for G-d Himself to

awaken them. To compensate for their behavior, Jews have accepted

upon themselves the custom of remaining awake all night.

It is customary on Shavuot to adorn the home and synagogue with

fruits, flowers and greens. The reason is that in the time of the

Temple, the first fruits of harvest were given on Shavuot. As well,

our Sages related that although Mount Sinai was situated in a desert,

when the Torah was given the mountain bloomed and sprouted flowers.

 

It is also customary to eat dairy foods on Shavuot. There are a

number of reasons for this custom:

 

With the giving of the Torah the Jews now became obligated to

observe the laws of Kashruth. As the Torah was given on Shabbat no

cattle could be slaughtered nor could utensils be koshered, and thus

on that day they ate dairy.

 

Another reason is that the Torah is likened to milk. The Hebrew word

for milk is chalav. When the numerical value of each of the letters

in the word chalav are added together - 8; 30; 2 - the total is

forty. Forty is the number of days Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving

the Torah.

 

Now I hope this wasn't too long and I did bore you, but I couldn't do

it any shorter.

 

Shalom!

Gabriella