Chag Shavout/Matan Torah
Dedicated Leilui Nishmat Rina Bat Jamile, Renee Natkin A’h by her son Jerry Chag Shavout/Matan Torah Shavuot Shavuot is referred to in our prayers as zeman mattan toratenu, the time when our Torah was given. This holiday commemorates that momentous occasion when the world achieved the purpose for which it was created — the acceptance of the Torah. As Harav Moshe Hayim Luzzato mentions several times in Derech Hashem, the holiday cycle is more than just a series of anniversarie