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Get to know the beautiful festival of Shavuot, in which we celebrate the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai! It is a festival of prayer, Jewish study, spiritual connection, and delicious cheesecake! From Exodus to Mount Sinai, Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah to the Jews! The Shavuot festival can be traced back over 3,000 years ago to the monumental events at Mount Sinai. In the Hebrew year of 2448 (1313 BCE) the Jewish people arrived at the foot of Mount Sinai after wandering the desert following the Exodus. God told the leader of the people, Moses, that...