HAPPY SHAVUOT!
Welcome to our Shavuot Curriculum! This year, Shavuot falls on May 28-29, 2020.
Here you will find stories, songs, cooking ideas, and other activities related to Shavuot. The Jewish holiday of Shavuot comes seven weeks after Passover and commemorates the Jewish people being given the Torah at Mount Sinai. It is also a harvest festival. For more information on Shavuot, click here.
Click on a box below for each story and then click on the button below the story to access the activities. Each activity button is labeled with one of the five names of the holiday of Shavuot. Choose one book and set of activities a day for a full week of Shavuot fun! (Did you know that the word Shavuot means weeks!) Be sure to check out the Extras! below.
Here you will find stories, songs, cooking ideas, and other activities related to Shavuot. The Jewish holiday of Shavuot comes seven weeks after Passover and commemorates the Jewish people being given the Torah at Mount Sinai. It is also a harvest festival. For more information on Shavuot, click here.
Click on a box below for each story and then click on the button below the story to access the activities. Each activity button is labeled with one of the five names of the holiday of Shavuot. Choose one book and set of activities a day for a full week of Shavuot fun! (Did you know that the word Shavuot means weeks!) Be sure to check out the Extras! below.
Extras!
Click here for a quick video explanation of Shavuot from BimBam.
Shavuot celebrates the beginning of the wheat harvest. Click here for a Challah by Hand recipe.
Many people read the Book of Ruth on Shavuot. Enjoy this interpretive dance presentation by the Ruach Aviv Dance Troupe from the 2008 Israel Folk Dance Festival of Boston - Naomi and Ruth.
Did you know that Israel has a Fragrance Garden designed for visually impaired visitors? Check out Ramat HaNadiv!
Learn about the art of Jewish Paper Cutting.
Learn the Alef-Bet, the Hebrew Alphabet with Debbie Friedman as you repeat the letters after she sings them.
Shavuot celebrates the beginning of the wheat harvest. Click here for a Challah by Hand recipe.
Many people read the Book of Ruth on Shavuot. Enjoy this interpretive dance presentation by the Ruach Aviv Dance Troupe from the 2008 Israel Folk Dance Festival of Boston - Naomi and Ruth.
Did you know that Israel has a Fragrance Garden designed for visually impaired visitors? Check out Ramat HaNadiv!
Learn about the art of Jewish Paper Cutting.
Learn the Alef-Bet, the Hebrew Alphabet with Debbie Friedman as you repeat the letters after she sings them.