vital information: Fwd: Chag Shavuot Same'ach!

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From: Torat Har Etzion <torat@haretzion.org.il>
Date: Mon, Jun 10, 2024, 3:42 AM
Subject: Chag Shavuot Same'ach!
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And Rabbi Yehuda opened, speaking of the honor of the Torah and taught: "Keep silent and hear, Israel; this day you have become a people" (Deuteronomy 27:9). Was the Torah given to Israel on that day? That day was at the end of forty years! Rather, it teaches that each and every day, the Torah is as dear to those who study it as it was on the day it was given from Mount Sinai.

As we celebrate the end of the Torat Har Etzion site's third year, we hope you enjoy the Torah it contains today as much or even more than on its first day. The site has grown and improved, and we hope that your experience has improved along with it.

In honor of the fast-approaching holiday of Shavuot, we have refreshed our Shavuot landing page. We invite you to visit it and share it with your friends and family to prepare yourself and them for the holiday commemorating the giving of the Torah.

Here are some suggestions from the most recent shiurim about Shavuot to reach the site:

Shavuot | Giving and Receiving the Torah - Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l

Receiving the Torah, both at Matan Torah and in our daily study, is an intricate interplay between God's desire and willingness to give us the Torah and our readiness to receive it.

Shavuot | The Mitzva to Learn Torah - Rav Baruch Weintraub

A source sheet with questions to aid in independent study about the mitzvah to learn Torah.

Shavuot 5784 | An "Extra" Ten Commandments for the War in Israel - Rav Moshe Taragin

We live in a baffling period in history. Rav Taragin proposes ten guiding principles to provide clarity and sanity during our age of bewilderment.

Decorating the Shul on Shavuot: Custom and Controversy - Rav Dovid Gottleib (audio)

The traditional custom to decorate the synagogue with plants on Shavuot is not uncontroversial. Rav Gottleib discusses the various positions taken by poskim regarding this minhag.