Shavuot Lema'seh Beit Midrash Articles Around the Jewish Year Shavuot Categories Rosh Hashanah Sukkot Tu BiShevat Purim Pesach Nissan Shavuot chanuka Iyar Subscribe to our Newsletter Full Name Email I agree to the terms of use and privacy policy of the site. Marking Bikkurim Today Suggestion for marking first fruit to demonstrate that we are anticipating using them as bikkurim with the imminent rebuilding of the Beit Hamikdash, without... Read More Bikurim and the Giving of the Torah: Gratitude The foundation of the commandment of bringing bikurim lies in our appreciation for the Creator, as expressed in the text read during the bikurim, when one... Read More The Bikkurim Festival at Agricultural Settlements in the Early Zionist Period On the "bikkurim" festivities in the early Zionist period in kibbutzim and moshavim. When the farmers called fruit "bikkurim," did this confer to the fruit a... Read More Shavuot: The connection between Shavuot, Megillat Rut, and Harvest One reason cited for reading Megillat Rut on Shavuot is because it occurred during the harvest. Does this fact really matter? On the spiritual significance of... Read More
