Tag Archives: Pentecost

Shavuot: Laws and Traditions

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Derek Leman

Shavuot (Pentecost) begins tonight. I have an incomplete (but complete enough) haggadah for Shavuot with information, readings, biblical meditations, and more. The link to the haggadah for Shavuot is here. And the following list of laws and traditions is something … Continue reading →

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Shavuot and Pilgrimage to the Temple

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Derek Leman

The following is an excerpt from my 2008 book, Feast, available at lifeway.com: ……………………. A Pilgrim Feast In the really old days, before there was a temple, there was only a tent called the tabernacle. It moved from place to … Continue reading →

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Shavuot: A Reading from 1954

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Derek Leman

Philip Goodman’s Shavuot Anthology, like all of his holiday anthologies, is worth its weight in twenty dollar bills. It is, unfortunately, out of print and available only used online. The reading I selected today is from a more modern writer, … Continue reading →

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Five Days Preceding Shavuot, 1st of Sivan Today

Posted on May 24, 2009 by Derek Leman

On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone forth out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. And when they set out from Rephidim and came into the … Continue reading →

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Free Shavuot Resource

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Derek Leman

I just posted a free download on mountolivepress.com, my effort at serving Messianic Judaism with much-needed literature at low-cost (and some for free). What I have prepared is a Shavuot Haggadah. It is incomplete, but there is more than enough … Continue reading →

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Shavuot and Mt. Sinai, Part 1

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Derek Leman

The Torah commands a positive mitzvah that we make known to our offspring from generation to generation all that transpired there [Mt. Sinai], both visually and audibly. There is a very great purpose to this mitzvah. –Maimonides You will not … Continue reading →

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Shavuot and a Famous Prayer

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Derek Leman

If you have ever read bad religious poetry, it makes you appreciate all the more the relative handful of exquisite verses that can draw us in and transport us to paradise. At Shavuot we find one of those rare hymns … Continue reading →

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Reading Ruth for Shavuot #2

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Derek Leman

Last week I posted some questions for thought and discussion about Ruth, from the Biblical story and from tradition. You can see that post here. I am working on a discussion guide for Ruth for use in a Messianic Jewish … Continue reading →

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Shavuot (Pentecost): Preparing to Celebrate

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Derek Leman

In my 2008 book, Feast, written to help Christians understand the holidays of the Bible and gain appreciation for Jewish traditions, I led into the Shavuot chapter with a little anecdote from the early days of our marriage. We lived … Continue reading →

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Shavuot (Pentecost): Basics and Beyond

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Derek Leman

As I write this, we are counting down the days to Shavuot, the Feast of Weeks, or as it is known in the New Testament and other Greek writings: Pentecost. Tonight, after sundown, we counted the 19th day of the … Continue reading →

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The Forgotten Holiday and a Shavuot Book

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Derek Leman

Shavuot (Christians call it Pentecost) is sort of the forgotten holiday. It is not mystical and storied like Passover. It is not outdoorsy and decorative like Sukkot (Tabernacles). It is only one day (traditionally two in the diaspora) and not … Continue reading →

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