Shavuot is both an Israeli national holiday as well as a Biblical holiday.

Shavout, the Feast of Weeks, is celebrated seven weeks after Passover to commemorate the first fruits of the harvest, and associated with the giving of the torah on Mount Sinai.

The Biblical book of Ruth is a wonderful account of a Moabitess named Ruth.

Shavuot is a spring holiday celebrates the revelation of the Torah to Moses at Mount Sinai, the traditions and “rules” by which one should live, and celebrates these rich traditions that have been passed down in Jewish culture.

Shavuot is a Biblical holiday as well as an Israeli national holiday.

Identical twin sisters Iudit Barnea and Lia Huber (nées Tchengar)were transported to Auschwitz in 1944 where they suffered the infamous medical experiments of Josef Mengele.