Shavuot

Join Haver, the Rabbinic Council of Boulder, in celebrating SHAVUOT 2023! This year's carefully cultivated theme, "Foundations of Righteousness, Justice & Law," provides an opportunity to study with Boulder rabbis and learn from community activists.

Humanistic Jews celebrate Shavuot with picnics featuring bread, dairy and fruit and may honor education. And because we are in Colorado, we can also hike!

We are gearing up to Shavuot, the holiday of the Giving of the Torah, Thursday night May 25th through Saturday night, May 27th. Join us!

Join Haver, the Rabbinic Council of Boulder, as we celebrate Shavuot, a holiday commemorating receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai, the evening of May 25-26.

Shavuot begins this Saturday night, June 4.  There is a Kabbalah-based custom to remain awake the first night of Shavuot, studying Torah.  Get ready to pull an all-nighter. 

The Omer helps navigate the unknown terrain between Pesach and Shavuot, which is why it may be both an exciting and daunting time. We are meant to ascend, both temporally and inwardly, the space between being in Egypt and arriving at Mount Sinai.

Shavuot is a mysterious holiday. This commemoration of receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai isn’t given a specific date for its celebration; instead we are told in the Book of Exodus to schedule it seven weeks from the second night of Passover.

After a two year "hiatus", Shavuot celebrations are back in person!

Haver, the Rabbinic Council of Boulder, will host a virtual program at 10:00 am on Sunday, May 16th to get participants in the mindset to receive the Torah.

Celebrate Shavuot and hear the Ten COMMANDMENTS just like we did at Mount Sinai!

These two women demonstrate enormous devotion and loyalty to one another. A refreshing Biblical example of female empowerment and support.

The holiday of Shavuot begins the evening of May 16 and ends on the evening of May 18. Shavuot is the Hebrew word for “weeks” because the holiday occurs seven weeks after Passover.

In the midst of Stay-at-Home orders issued by state and local governments, Boulder’s rabbinic council, Haver, had to innovate ways to celebrate Shavuot, the holiday commemorating receiving the Torah from Mount Sinai.

Ori Korngold teaches children to make an easy no-bake cheesecake, create a Shavuot craft, and hike up "Mt. Sinai. " Sadie Korngold reads the Shavuot favorite story, "Sadie and the Big Mountain."

What happens when you're stuck @ home in quarantine?  Ingenuity! 7 Sisters Demonstrate 7 Recipes on 1 wonderful Zoom.

The first Humanistic Jewish Shavuot Celebration - Tikkun Leil Shavuot - convenes Thursday, May 28, live from Israel, Canada and across the U.S.

With you in mind, we are preparing a Shavuos Kit to go for adults and a special educational Shavuos "Tool Kit" for children.

On June 8, from 7:00 pm to 4:15 am, The Boulder Rabbinical Council, Haver, invites you to a Shavuot overnight learning opportunity.

We are gearing up to Shavuot, the holiday of the Giving of the Torah, this Saturday night through Monday night.

Milk and Honey Farm welcomed two new baby goats on May 25. You have an opportunity to meet Omer and Barley at two upcoming events.

Downloading Torah from Jerusalem – Shavuot Special with Rabbi Ruth Gan Kagan, founding Rabbi of Nava Tehilla in Jerusalem is Episode 67 of A Dash of Drash.

Please join us in an all-night community gathering of a ‘Tikkun’! Leil Shavuot, this year focusing on the theme of feminine Torah at Har Hashem on May 19th.

Haver, Boulder’s Rabbinic Council, invites the entire Jewish community for Tikkun Leil Shavuot, a night of study, song, schmoozing, and spirit as we prepare to receive Torah anew.

Celebrate Shavuot and hear the Ten COMMANDMENTS just like we did at Mount Sinai!

Although, you are busy celebrating the Bolder Boulder and the Memorial Day Weekend, we are gearing up for the highlight of the year...Shavuos!