Hi Everyone! Shavuot is the Jewish holiday that celebrates the giving of the Torah, the first harvest, and the ripening of the first fruits. The two day festival (1 day in Israel) begins on Tuesday night, May 30, 2017.
The Jewish Trivia Quiz http://www.jewish-trivia.com has a selection of multiple choice questions about Shavuot. What are the five names of Shavuot ? On what mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments ? How many letters are there in the Torah ? In the days of the Temple what did people do on Shavuot ? Who married Ruth ? Who was Ruth the great-grandmother of ? What is the connection between the number 7 and Shavuot ? The above questions are examples from the multiple choice quiz. There are two levels of questions and two timer settings. Adults and children will find The Jewish Trivia Quiz entertaining and educational. Free Shavuot Clipart http://www.jewish-clipart.com Whether you need a picture for your child's class project, a graphic for your synagogue, Hillel or JCC Shavuot announcement, the Jewish Clipart Database has the pictures for you. You can copy, save and print the graphics in three different sizes. English Hebrew Shavuot vocabulary study sheets. Learn Hebrew words related to Shavuot: http://www.english-hebrew-dictionary.com/shavuot-1.htm My Jewish Games - Shavuot Games http://www.my-jewish-games.com - The Multilingual Word Search Game - My Jewish Coloring Book Cool Shavuot Videos http://www.jr.co.il/videos/shavuot-videos.htm The Shavuot Photo Gallery http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/shavuot-photos.htm Shavuot Photo Gallery on Facebook: http://bit.ly/Facebook-Shavuot To learn more about Shavuot, I posted on my website 50 links, ranging from laws and customs to games and recipes. Site languages include English, Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, French and Portuguese. The address is: http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/shavuot.htm Please share the holiday resources. Thank you! Have a Happy Shavuot! Chag Sameach! Jacob __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
