Shavuot

Prayers and stories for Shavuot. To read them, click on the name of the prayer.

Learning and Loving Torah

• “Let Torah” – To live Torah
• “For the Gift of Torah Scholarship” – Thanks for Torah scholars
• “For the Joy of Learning” – Giving thanks for the joy of learning
• “Meditation for a Child’s First Torah Reading” – On this milestone

Holiness and Our Relationship with G-d

• “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

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 toward 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)

And a prayer about Counting the Omer: “The Season of Counting.”

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