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Mountain Day
Shavuot (Shvues in Yiddish) is the Jewish holiday that celebrates the “giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.” This video by Jewish Currents editor Lawrence Bush explores the question of what is Torah for our time, who are the prophets of our lives, and how might we transcend the need to be given anything from “on high.”
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