Shavuot Prayers and Stories
Prayers and stories for Shavuot. To read them, click on the name of the prayer.
Learning and Loving Torah
- “For the Gift of Torah Scholarship” – Giving thanks for Torah scholars
- “Let Torah” – Torah is waiting for you to live it
- “For the Joy of Learning” – Giving thanks for the joy of learning
- “Meditation for a Child’s First Torah Reading” – On hearing a child read Torah for the first time
Holiness and Our Relationship with G-d
- “G-d’s Voice” – G-d arrives in thunder
- “G-d on Tiptoes” – G-d arrives in silence
- “Let Holiness” – To embody holiness
- “For a New Vision” – To see the world through G-d’s eyes
- “To Hear Your Voice” – To hear G-d’s voice
Short stories about the love of Torah
- “Motyl the Fool” – Dancing with the Torah
- “Hershal Dovid” – The joy of reading Torah
- “Obediah” – The sofer’s son writes a Torah
And a prayer about Counting the Omer: “The Season of Counting.”
During the seven weeks from Passover to Shavuot, the period from the exodus to revelation on Sinai, Jews count the days and the weeks. And so we remember the journey from the depths of slavery to the heights of G-d’s Holy Presence. According to mystical practice, each week has a theme (and each day a sub-theme) that leads us to revelation. Here are links to prayers and meditations for each week of Counting the Omer:
- Week One: Chesed (Lovingkindness, Love, Benevolence)
- Week Two: Gevurah (Discipline, Justice, Restraint, Awe)
- Week Three: Tiferet (Beauty, Harmony, Compassion, Truth)
- Week Four: Netzach (Eternity, Endurance, Fortitude, Ambition)
- Week Five: Hod (Humility, Splendor)
- Week Six: Yesod (Foundation, Bonding)
- Week Seven: Malchut – Nobility, Sovereignty, Leadership)
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