Is Shavuot A Made-Up Holiday? Hint: No

Many secular Jews don’t know much about the festival of Shavuot. Years ago, I even had a congregant refer to it as ‘one of those made-up holidays’! Well, I can assure you Shavuot is not a made-up holiday, and if you’d like to learn a bit about it, this cheesy video will do the trick. And fyi, there’s a pun in there – the video is the corny kind of ‘cheesy’, and dairy is the traditional food we eat on Shavuot. 🙂

Watch this 4 minute video to learn why we eat dairy on Shavuot, and more… https://reformjudaism.org/jewish-holidays/shavuot/what-shavuot-cheesy-holiday-jewish-learning

Chag sameach! (Happy holiday!)

B’ahava,
Cantor Jacqui

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