Friday, May 25, 2012
Shavuot and Ruth: Beyond the Letter of the Law
By Maura Grunlund View full sizeStaten Island Advance photoEvery year on Shavuot, "we have the opportunity to reenact the experience of hearing the Ten Commandments and receive the tremendous gift of the Torah," says Rabbi Yochanan Ivry.On Saturday night the Jewish holiday of Shavuot begins. It is the anniversary of the giving of Torah at Mt. Sinai. Strange, isn't it, that on the holy day we celebrate the Giving of the Law, we traditionally study a book about breaking
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