Laws & Customs

Intermediate

By Avraham Sutton

Kabbalah explains the mystical reasons for eating dairy on Shavuot.

By Binyomin Adilman

Chassidim stress the importance of intense concentration during Shavuot prayers.

By Yerachmiel Tilles

The Sages found a cryptic message indicating the real reason why Ruth converted to Judaism.

At the Shavuot Festival meal, all the Rebbes said words of Torah from the Baal Shem Tov and a story about him.

By Yerachmiel Tilles

From the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov

Be very careful to purify one’s thoughts until that time when the Ornaments of the Bride ascend.