Remembering a Love Story on Shavuot

Ever-Increasing Light Jewish Sabbaths, Feasts, and More Marking Jewish Themes with Distinction Shavuot Shavuot is the glorious, late spring holiday that falls on Sivan 6th and 7th, seven weeks after Passover when the wheat harvest begins, remembering when the first fruits of the seven species and loaves of bread were presented in the Temple. It…

No Cell Phone for 24 Hours?

Ever-Increasing Light Marking Jewish Themes with Devotion Sabbaths, Feasts, and More “My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh which lies all night between my breasts” (Song of Songs 3:13). Recently, I relished a conversation with a young man. Preparing to travel the world to share the Good News, his face lit up when…