This Sunday is the feast of Pentecost, fifty days from Passover (hence the name), in the Jewish calendar the festival of Shavuot (‘weeks’), one of the three great pilgrim festivals (with Passover and ...

We have been on a journey from Easter to Pentecost, counting items along the way. In the days between the Jewish feasts of ...

While Shavuot is primarily known today for commemorating the giving of the Torah at Sinai, this aspect of the holiday is only ...

An Israeli soldier uses a sledgehammer on a statue of Jesus Christ in Debel, a Christian village in southern Lebanon; a man ...

A pastor reflects on May’s sacred calendar, from Ascension and Pentecost to Shavuot, Hajj and the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh.

The Torah portions of Acharei Mot and Kedoshim reveal the deeper role of Yom Kippur as the lasting day of forgiveness and true acceptance of the Torah, offering new insight into its connection with ...