Category: Appointed Times
Shavuot Festivities
Tags: shavuot
Do you know what is so wonderful about celebrating the Moadim? We barely cease from recovering from one Festival, and suddenly it is time to prepare for the next. It seems as though our Pesach Seder was just a couple of weeks ago, even though nearly fifty days have elapsed.
With the help of God, we are all having a meaningful counting of the Omer this year and are now almost ready to experience the joy of the season of the "giving of the Torah."
Shavuot celebrations may not call for a magnificent sukkah or a supreme Seder meal, but this holiday has some memorable festivities of its own. To this author’s knowledge, only three requirements are found in the Torah, with several more added throughout the generations.
The first is that we observe Shavuot as a holy day. It is a day on which we rest and have a special gathering to the LORD. Secondly, we are called to "…bring two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah" before the LORD. (In addition, several sacrifices are required in the text, of which we cannot fulfill without the Temple.) What then, is an ephah, and what are these instructions stating?
"An ephah is a measure of Egyptian origin and contained ten omers (an omer is about two quarts, so it would be approximately four quarts of flour.) Four quarts of four cups each is about sixteen cups of fine flour. This would make the loaves approximately 12" x 21" x 3"."1
Those are mighty large loaves of bread! These loaves are to be made in our homes, with leaven and are to be a wave offering to the LORD, (Leviticus 23:15-21). As we wave the loaves before the LORD, we are reminded that He is accepting the offerings that He has asked for. We can be sure in our hearts that although our lives still contain ‘leaven’ (sin), He has called us to Him as ‘first fruits’ and that He is...
End of Guest excerpt:
Access more valuable online content. Sign in, or register for a free Core account.
Sign in to read more...
I don't have a Core account.
Create a First Fruits Core account. It's free and only takes a minute.
AN ACCOUNT INCLUDES: Premium online content, Access to our Core catalog, Discount coupons for our Store, Free downloads and newsletters, etc. More info here...
© 2009 First Fruits of Zion. All rights reserved. We encourage you to share this material with your friends for further personal study. However, This material may not be republished, in print, electronically, or any other form without our prior permission.
Adapted from
Bikurei Tziyon #64
.
For more information about this issue, click here.
Search in articles...
Feeds
Use this RSS feed to track online articles in your favorite reader.
Magazine Articles RSS Feed
Browse Articles
Select a Category
- Appointed Times
- Biblical Hebrew
- Discipleship
- Discover Israel
- Editorial
- Identity Celebrations
- Introduction to Torah
- Jewish History
- Jewish Tradition
- Messianic Theology
- Our Identity
- Questions and Answers
- The Blessed Home
- The Land and the People
- The Life of Messiah
- Torah Commentary
- Acharei Mot
- B'reisheet
- Bamidbar
- Be'ha'alotcha
- Bechukotai
- Behar
- Beshalach
- Bo
- Chayei Sarah
- Chukat
- Emor
- Kedoshim
- Ki Tetze
- Ki Tisa
- Korach
- Lech Lecha
- Mattot-Massei
- Metzora
- Mishpatim
- Nasso
- Noach
- Pinchas
- Re'eh
- Shelach
- Shemini
- Shemot
- Shoftim
- Tazria
- Terumah
- Tetzaveh
- Tzav
- Va'era
- Vayakhel
- Vayera
- Vayikra
- Yitro
- Torah Commentary
- Traditional Treasures
- Walking Torah
Most Recent Articles
- The Resurrection and the Days of the Omer
- The Omer
- The Season of our Joy
- Living Waters
- In the Shadow of the Almighty
- Build a Kosher Sukkah
- Days of Fasting
- The King in Disguise
- The Prayer Liturgy of the High Holy Days
- Yom Kippur, Fasting with Intention
- The Messiah Tempted
- Encountering Yeshua in the Gospels
- Made According to His Will
- Under the Sukkah of David
- Talmidot shel Yeshua
Article Archives
Browse through the complete database of articles by Category
Click here »
