June 8, 2008, - 6:39 pm
On Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks/Pentecost
By Debbie Schlussel
To my friends and readers, tonight at sundown, the Jewish holiday of Shavuot [“Shah-Voo-Oat”] (also called, Shavuos–in Yiddish), or the “Festival of Weeks,” begins. It is also referred to as “Pentecost,” not to be confused with the Christian “Pentecost.” It is one of the three Jewish harvest festivals.
However, I’ve prepared some blog posts and columns–including an exclusive column (to be posted Tuesday) about a key Al-Qaeda terrorist whose son is a Barack Obama fundraiser and at whose trial I was the ONLY journalist covering it–about newsworthy and pop culture events, which my webmaster will be putting up until the holiday ends on Tuesday Night. So, while I am not here in actuality, I’m here in spirit and print, and I promise you that you will not notice my absence, because you will see new things you won’t read elsewhere.
So, to my observant Jewish friends, Chag Shavuot Sameach [a Happy Shavuot Holiday], and to everyone else, to learn more about the holiday, go here and here. Basically, the holiday is a celebration of G-d giving the Torah and the Ten Commandments to the Jewish people. On the holiday, men traditionally stay up all night, the first night, in Bible study, and we eat dairy foods.
See ya Tuesday Night, but again, you won’t notice I’m gone, as tomorrow and Tuesday, new, unique stuff–on issues you and I care about and inane pop culture stuff we don’t necessarily care so much about–will be up.
Chag sameach Debbie…..from Michael and Tamar in Herzliya….and your friends in Israel.
Miluimnik on June 8, 2008 at 7:04 pm