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Shavuot 5768: Praise for the scroll
In a knowledge world ruled by books and pages and digitized memory, why do Jews hold onto the scroll? Could it be that rolled along together somewhere in our minds with the love of Torah is the love of scroll?\n
Shavuot 5768: Creative twists fill large field of holiday events
\”My sense is that people gathering in synagogue for all or part of the night is expanding,\” said Rabbi Mark Diamond, executive vice president of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California. \”A lot of great learning takes place in the Los Angeles Jewish community on Shavuot.\”
Shavuot 5768: Multitude of views from majestic Mount Sinai
What prompted Agnon, a master of original writing, to create an anthology of rabbinic texts relating to Shavuot? As an author with a deep connection to his religious roots, Agnon related to the experience of Shavuot, a celebration of the centrality of books in Judaism.
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