The Holy Day of Shavuot

Why do we eat dairy on Shavuot and stay up all night studying Torah?

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D. T. Lancaster

D. T. Lancaster

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Why do we eat dairy on Shavuot and stay up all night studying Torah? What's the connection between Pentecost and Shavuot? Here's a quick overview of the festival in the form of excerpts from an unpublished manuscript of the forthcoming First Fruits of Zion book The Holy Days.

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