Anne has a wonderful post about Shavuot. So I’ll send you there.
For my non-Jewish readers, Shavuot is when we celebrate receiving the Torah.
I went to Shavuot services last night, which coincided with the graduation of our tenth graders from religious school. I saw a lot of people I don’t see very often. It was nice. Ice cream cake for the oneg sufficed nicely for the dairy tradition. I was glad, because sorry, David, I don’t like cheesecake.
Chag sameach!
You can have meat during Shavuot. The dairy thing is just a tradition and not a law. A meat meal will also go better with your homemade chips, especially if you eat them hot or spicy (try sprinkling them with cayenne sauce).
Shabbat Shalom!
chsw
Yeah, I had beef tonight. But I don’t pollute my homemade chips with anything but a little salt. Sorry. I’m a purist.
Shavuot means both ‘weeks’ and ‘oaths’. Whoa.
Now thats definately something to chew on – for a Gentile. :)
jgc
Meryl… Don’t knock cheescake until you’ve tried mine. It is the closest thing to a religious experience you’re gonna have outside of shul. :-)
David, first you’d have to wait until I actually start to like cream cheese. I haven’t yet, and I’m no spring chicken any more.