Lag B’Omer falls on the 33rd day of the Omer, a minor festival falling between Passover and Shavuot, commemorating the end of a plague which killed thousands of Rabbi Akiva’s students; also the yahrzeit of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, author of the Zohar.
Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. The Ten Commandments are read in synagogues, just as they were in the desert on Mt. Sinai over 3,300 years ago. It begins on Thursday evening, May 25, and continues through Saturday, May 27.
"A season is set for everything, a time for every experience under heaven" - Ecclesiastes 3:1 As we observe the holiday commemorating the Revelation at Mount Sinai, study Torah with some of Jewish Buffalo's finest teachers. All sessions will be held in person and live-streamed at btzbuffalo.org. You're welcome to join for one, some, or all of the sessions. Refreshments will be served throughout the night. THURSDAY, MAY 25 8 PM | Cantor Mark Spindler | Minha Ma'ariv Service 8:30 PM | Rabbi Sara Rich | To Everything There is a Season, but is there a reason 10 PM | Rabbi Brent Gutmann | A Time to Unite 11 PM | Dr. Gil Wolfe | United Arab Emirates FRIDAY, MAY 26 12 AM | Rabbi Alex Lazarus Klein | Everything, Everywhere All at Once: A Jewish Concept of Time Travel 1 AM | Rabbi Ori Bergman | A Time for Hate 2:15 AM | Cantorial Intern Zahava Fried | A Stranger in a Strange Land 3:15 AM | Cantor Mark Horowitz | Turn, Turn, Turn: Peter, Paul, Ben Bag-Bag and Mary 4:15 AM | Rabbi Adam Rosenbaum | Psalms of Unsettling A sunrise Yom Tov Service and breakfast will follow […]
The future residents of the Jewish Men’s Group Home will gather to celebrate Shavout with ice cream, stories and songs. For more information, contact Mike Steklof at mike@buffalojewishfederation.org
