Shavuot 2025 at Congregation Shaare Emeth


Shavuot Sinai Stroll
Shavuot: Connections, Commandments, and Cheesecake
Yizkor Service for Shavuot
Shavuot Yizkor Service
Monday, June 2 at 9 a.m. in the Bânai El Chapel
Our Shavuot service is a time to recall loved ones whom we have lost this year and in years past.
About Shavuot
June 1-3, 2025
Shavuot, literally translated as âweeks,â is the date commemorating the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. It originally began a festival that marked the end of the spring barley harvest and the beginning of the summer wheat harvest, Additionally, Israelites brought crop offerings to the Temple in Jerusalem.
In modern times Shavuot is a celebration of Torah, education, dairy foods and actively choosing to participate in Jewish life. Many people stay up all nightâor at least stay up lateâstudying Torah, often as part of community learning. These events are known as Tikkun Leil Shavuot, literally meaning ârectification for Shavuot night.â It also is customary to eat dairy foods such as blintzes and cheesecake Shavuot, as Jewish tradition compares the words of Torah to the sweetness of milk and honey.