Shavuot
Anne has a wonderful post about Shavuot. So I’ll send you there.
For my non-Jewish readers, Shavuot is when we celebrate receiving the Torah.
I went to Shavuot services last night, which coincided with the graduation of our tenth graders from religious school. I saw a lot of people I don’t see very often. It was nice. Ice cream cake for the oneg sufficed nicely for the dairy tradition. I was glad, because sorry, David, I don’t like cheesecake.
Chag sameach!
June 2nd, 2006 at 7:27 pm
You can have meat during Shavuot. The dairy thing is just a tradition and not a law. A meat meal will also go better with your homemade chips, especially if you eat them hot or spicy (try sprinkling them with cayenne sauce).
Shabbat Shalom!
chsw
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:51 pm
Yeah, I had beef tonight. But I don’t pollute my homemade chips with anything but a little salt. Sorry. I’m a purist.
June 3rd, 2006 at 4:54 am
Shavuot means both ‘weeks’ and ‘oaths’. Whoa.
Now thats definately something to chew on - for a Gentile. :)
jgc
June 3rd, 2006 at 2:34 pm
Meryl… Don’t knock cheescake until you’ve tried mine. It is the closest thing to a religious experience you’re gonna have outside of shul. :-)
June 3rd, 2006 at 6:47 pm
David, first you’d have to wait until I actually start to like cream cheese. I haven’t yet, and I’m no spring chicken any more.