Thursday, May 30, 2019

Educational Resources for Shavuot


Hi Everyone!

Shavuot is the Jewish holiday that celebrates the giving of the Torah, the first harvest, and the ripening of the first fruits.
The two day festival - 1 day in Israel - begins on Saturday night, June 8, 2019.

The Jewish Trivia Quiz
https://jewish-trivia.com
has a selection of multiple choice questions about Shavuot.

What are the five names of Shavuot ?
On what mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments ?
How many letters are there in the Torah ?
In the days of the Temple what did people do on Shavuot ?
Who married Ruth ?
Who was Ruth the great-grandmother of ?
What is the connection between the number 7 and Shavuot ?

The above questions are examples from the multiple choice quiz. There are two levels of questions and two timer settings.
Adults and children will find The Jewish Trivia Quiz entertaining and educational.

Free Shavuot Clipart
https://www.jewish-clipart.com

Whether you need a picture for your child's class project,
a graphic for your synagogue, Hillel or JCC Shavuot
announcement, the Jewish Clipart Database has the pictures
for you. You can copy, save and print the graphics in
three different sizes.

English Hebrew Shavuot vocabulary study sheets.
Learn Hebrew words related to Shavuot:
https://english-hebrew-dictionary.com/shavuot-1.htm

My Jewish Games - Shavuot Games in Flash
https://my-jewish-games.com
- The Multilingual Word Search Game
- My Jewish Coloring Book

Cool Shavuot Videos
https://jr.co.il/videos/shavuot-videos.htm

The Shavuot Photo Gallery
https://jr.co.il/hotsites/shavuot-photos.htm

Shavuot Photo Gallery on Facebook:
http://bit.ly/Facebook-Shavuot

This year, I created a Spotify Shavuot Songs playlist at:
http://bit.ly/jrichman-spotify-shavuot
Additional playlists at:
https://jr.co.il/spotify.htm

To learn more about Shavuot, I posted on
my website 50 links, ranging from laws and
customs to games and recipes.
Site languages include English, Hebrew, Russian,
Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese.

The address is:
https://jr.co.il/hotsites/shavuot.htm

Please share the holiday resources. Thank you!

Shabbat Shalom,
Jacob

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