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Shavuot and the Covenant
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Jerusalem Post
05-31-2006
Headline: Shavuot and the Covenant
Byline: STEPHEN ROSENBERG
Edition; Daily
Section: Opinion
Page: 15
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 -- Whether we regard Shavuot as the conclusion of Pessah or the beginning of the wheat harvest, we are not about to start clearing away the matzot or begin waving a loaf of bread on that festival.
The talmudic rabbis called Shavuot "Atzeret" (the closing "Solemn Assembly"), which implie...
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