Shavuot

Shavuot table design: The guide to festive hosting

We gathered tips from the home experts at Hamashbir for setting a Shavuot table that is festive, trendy, and full of character with minimum effort.

A Shavuot table designed by Hamashbir experts
THE PURSUIT of individuality is one of modern culture’s most prominent trends.

Parashat Bamidbar: The individual within the collective

More than just "a first glass"

The most Shavuot ever: Pink wines conquer the holiday table

A holiday of cheese and wine

Shavuot of sensory intoxication: The wines that will make your holiday


The promotions and new home products

From golden anniversary launches to summer picnic must-haves: Exclusive deals and new home collections from TUMI, IKEA, Castro Home, Kenwood, House of Marley, and More.

 TUMI, a carry-on trolley suitcase – NIS 6,950

What will be featured on the holiday table? Tnuva’s new products for Shavuot

Ahead of the holiday, the company is launching new products, including goat cheeses, sugar-free oat drink, salmon cubes, and focaccias.

 Tnuva's Shavuot products

Chilled cocktails and a cheese celebration

White chocolate: Everything tasty on the Shavuot shelf.

 The White Edition, Elite

Especially for Shavuot: This sports brand is wearing white

The international sports and lifestyle brand SKECHERS launches a white sneaker collection that upgrades any outfit effortlessly.

 SKECHERS women, NIS 279

Who counts in Judaism? Lessons from Lag Ba'omer - opinion

If a person misses even one day of counting the Omer, thus “breaking” the set, he is no longer permitted to count new days with a blessing.

 Rabbi Akiva's tomb in Tiberias.

Counting the Omer: A journey from Passover to Shavuot

The pilgrimage festival of Shavuot at the conclusion of the Omer period was in thanksgiving for God’s blessing and protection of the land and its produce.

HARVESTING WHEAT in a field near Rehovot.

Finding the balance: What Jewish law teaches us about avoiding political extremes? - opinion

The liberals are cursing the conservatives; the conservatives are cursing the liberals. Accusations from friends and congregants alike, seeing only the other at fault, blind to our own shortcomings.

 SCULPTURE OF medieval Jewish scholar and later chief rabbi of Egypt, Moshe ben-Maimon, displayed in the city of his birth, Cordoba, Spain. The writer explains that according to Maimonides, the path of the wise is the ‘middle path.’

Jews are in a moment of broken illusions, but we’re stronger than we think - opinion

Our Torah portions offer comfort, reminding us that the past was never perfect and that the gap between the real and ideal has been part of our DNA from time immemorial.

 Friends and family attend the funeral of Israeli soldier Tzur Avraham at the military cemetery in Modi'in, June 16, 2024.

Thoughts on Shavuot and the counting of the Omer

Torah is more than the Pentateuch – it’s an expression of the ‘mind of God’

 STUDYING TORAH at Lindebaum Seminary, Jerusalem.

Shavuot: A 'gouda' history of cheese names and terms

Let’s open the playing field and take a look at some of the delicacies that have graced cheese platters and delectable dishes over the centuries.

 CHEESE BLINTZES are a favorite on Shavuot.