Counting and Anniversaries
Two Divrei Torah for Shavuot 5775
Two Divrei Torah for Shavuot 5775
Aviva Richman, Ethan Tucker
Read and listen to two divrei Torah on Shavuot written by Mechon Hadar faculty:
- Counting Up, by Ethan Tucker:
- Why do we count the Omer (the seven week period between Pesah and Shavuot) aloud, with a blessing? Why do we count up instead of down?
- How Do We Celebrate Our Anniversary?, by Aviva Richman:
- Why is the celebration of Shavuot so different from that of Simhat Torah?