CHAPTER TEN

SHAVUOT – THE FESTIVAL OF WEEKS

1 BACKGROUND

One of the three pilgrimage holidays, Shavuot is observed on the sixth of Sivan, and for those living in the Diaspora, it is also observed on the seventh of Sivan. It is both an agricultural and a religious holiday. The various Hebrew names for this festival (Hag HaShavuot, Hag HaKatzir, Hag HaBikurim, Hag Matan Torah) give clues to its meaning.

In the Torah the festival is called " Hag HaShavuot ", the Festival of Weeks. As cited in Deuteronomy, 16: 9-10, Shavuot is celebrated seven weeks after Passover. The festival marked the transition between the barley harvest, which was brought to the priest in the Temple in Jerusalem on the sixteenth of Nisan and the start of the wheat-ripening season, which began during the first week of Sivan. Thus we note an agricultural connotation to this holiday.

This agricultural connection is also mentioned in Exodus 23:14-19 where the festival is referred to by the name Hag HaKatzir, the Feast of the Harvest. In Leviticus 23:9-22 the holiday is referred to as Hag HaBikurim, the Festival of First Fruits, when farmers brought their produce to the Temple as a religious offering.

The ancient Hebrews made pilgrimages to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the Temple. The bringing of the first fruits to Jerusalem was a unique event. Tens of thousands went up to the Holy City. Those who came from nearby brought fresh fruits, while those who came from afar brought dried fruits and olive oil in place of the first fruits of the previous year. The people formed a procession, which was preceded by an ox - a symbol of strength helping the farmer in his work. The ox had its horns gilded and wore an olive wreath on its head. Pipers and the dancers walked beside the ox. When the procession bearing baskets of fruit reached Jerusalem, it was welcomed by all the city dignitaries and tradesmen. This custom of the bringing of the first fruits was abolished when the Temple was destroyed. Nonetheless the custom is remembered in symbolic ceremonies especially on kibbutzim in Israel.

Later tradition associates the holiday with the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai. It celebrates the day the Ten Commandments - the foundation of Jewish written and oral law - were revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai. Since the Israelites received the Torah on Shavuot, the festival is also called Hag Matan Torah (the Festival of the Giving of the Law). This is detailed in Exodus, 19-24.

Shavuot observances include special readings. Prior to reading the Torah a special Aramaic poem is read. The entire story of Ruth is read. Homes and synagogues are decorated with fruit and flowers. Dairy foods are traditionally eaten. In the Sephardi community there is a tradition of observing the Sabbath before the festival as a special day (Shabbat Kallah). Two other customs relate to education and learning. One is Tikkun Leil Shavuot. The night before Shavuot is spent in study. The other custom is that Shavuot marks the beginning of a child’s religious education.

During the festival Jews read the Book of Ruth from the Bible. Many reasons are given for this practice. The book is set during the spring harvest. The entire Bible is viewed as teaching loving kindness, and since a major theme of the Book of Ruth is loving kindness, it is read on the day of the giving of the Torah (Midrash Rabbah). According to one tradition, the book is read because King David, a descendant of Ruth, died on Shavuot. The Book of Ruth tells the story of Ruth, a Moabite woman, who voluntarily chooses Judaism. The act of Ruth's conversion took place during the harvest season. The “giving of the law” marks the beginning of the Jewish Nation, when the Jewish people entered into the Covenant with G-d. The story of Ruth tells how Ruth entered into that Covenant.

In Ashkenazi communities there is also a reading of an Aramaic poem from a book called "Akdamot." This book was written in Aramaic by Rabbi Meir ben Isaac of Worms, Germany in the eleventh century. It describes what it will be like during the days of the Messiah. The liturgical poem recited prior to the Bible reading on Shavuot was written at the time of the Crusades, and describes how the Jews were persecuted in the Diaspora and killed for the sanctification of G-d's name, but yet did not desert their faith.

In Sephardi communities, the Sabbath before Shavuot is called "Shabbat Kallah". The Torah is likened to a bride, and the Jewish people to a bridegroom coming to meet his bride. When the Torah Scroll is taken from the Ark, a poetic "ketubah" (marriage certificate) is read out in the synagogue. The synagogue service is followed by dancing and refreshments.

As with every holiday, special foods are eaten. In particular, a dairy meal, symbolic of milk and honey, is eaten. There are various explanations for this custom. One explanation is that since the Torah is the source of life for all, just as milk is for the suckling child, we eat dairy products. Further, cows and goats have an abundance of milk in this season. Another reason is that the Hebrew word for milk, Chalav, has the numerical value of 40, corresponding to the 40 days Moses spent on Mount Sinai. Some people bake tall cakes in memory of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. In addition much fruit is eaten, in particular the seven species of the Land of Israel.

Some people also decorate their homes with flowers and greenery. For some this is a reminder of the original agricultural meaning of the holiday. Others use floral decoration to recall the legend that when the Torah was given, Mount Sinai suddenly burst into flower and was covered with trees, flowers and grass. Also, the green plants symbolize the custom of bringing first fruits from the seven species which characterize the Land of Israel.

Another custom associated with Shavuot is a night of study known in Hebrew as “Tikkun Leil Shavuot.” It is customary to remain awake through the night of Shavuot and to read Jewish religious sources. According to legend, the Israelites at Sinai fell asleep, and Moses had to wake them up in order to receive the precious Torah in the morning. Thus, today when the giving of the law is celebrated people study rather than sleep.

And finally, many Jewish schools throughout the Diaspora begin a child’s Jewish education on Shavuot. The custom is said to have its origins in medieval times, when a young child was brought to the classroom for the first time. Letters of the Hebrew alphabet were covered with honey or candy, fulfilling the Hebrew verse, “How pleasing is Your word to my palate, sweeter than honey,” (Psalm 119:103).

It is important that you read the introduction in order to put the activities that follow in their correct framework.

2 LEXICAL ITEMS

banana, apple, grapes, strawberry, watermelon, cherry, orange, peach, pear, pineapple, ten Commandments, tablets, first fruits, wheat, flowers and greens.

Ideas for different levels

Grade 3: Fruit search. Word search with word bank of different fruits. Have the pupils alphabetize the word bank.

Grade 4/5: Shavuot puzzle. This is a word search together with clues.

Grade 5/6: Shavuot 12 word search with or without word bank. Have pupils use the words in sentences about Shavuot.

Grade 4/5/6: Fruit and vegetable word search. Have the pupils define or describe the fruits and vegetables.

Activity Shavuot 12 Word Search

In the word search below you have words going in all directions:

There are 12 things all related to

the title.

SHAVUOT

A G R I C U L T U R A L S S M

S D O O F Y R I A D R D I K O

K S E S O M B J P R O M V E U

G V G A J F G A N O O A A E N

K T C D A B A A S A K W N W T

T E N C O M M A N D M E N T S

H T U R F O K O O B E H T B I

C S V C H E E S E C A K E O N

F O U R U C Y Y F R Y R S A A

C Y E H R W Y N L C M L Q Z I

►Use each word in a sentence about Shavuot.

►Word bank : agricultural, Boaz, cheesecake, dairy foods,

four, Moses, Mount Sinai, Naomi, Sivan, ten commandments,

the Book of Ruth, weeks.

Activity FRUIT SEARCH.

1. Find the following fruits hidden in this word search.

banana, apple, grapes, strawberry, watermelon,

cherry, orange, peach, pear, pineapple.

2. Write them in alphabetical order next to the puzzle.

In the word search below you have words going in 4 directions:

There are 10 different fruits.

f p i n e a p p l e

r k o h x p r e n q

a q l q e p g e m a

n x e d e l x r g x

a g r a p e s r a n

n e r b g h t a g p

a b e I y r r e h c

b v t v p w a p b m

e g n a r o w q n w

v m w a p k b a b c

w a t e r m e l o n

z d p k p q r n q p

h c a e p s r d p w

k y p m h t y l h o

Activity SHAVUOT PUZZLE.

Answer the following questions. You will find the answers hidden in the word search below.

1. In which Hebrew month is Shavuot?

2. Who gave the Torah to the Jewish people?

3. Where did we receive the Torah?

4. Which story do we read on Shavuot?

5. What type of foods do we eat?

6. What does the word Shavuot mean?

7. How many different names are there for this festival?

8. Shavuot is both a religious and an ______________ festival.

In the word search below you will find the answers. They go in all directions:

L A R U T L U C I R G A Q I M

X Y O F Q L L C A R Z Z C A O

M O K O Z S G H N C E H F N S

T H E B O O K O F R U T H I E

D A I R Y F O O D S W I Z S S

S R U O F U H I K E T F U T V

H I J A X U V Z E N Y O I N Z

E M V G L D K K A T X N Z U E

T U A A V V S W X X R G C O O

E M T W N N T C W Y T S D M X

Answers: 1. Sivan, 2. Moses, 3. Mount Sinai. 4. the Book of Ruth. 5. dairy foods. 6. weeks. 7. four. 8. agricultural.

Activity Fruit and vegetable search

Can you find all 20 fruits and vegetables hidden in this word search. They go in all directions:

E F C Y Y B P E A R T T H V L

P T B U A R G S X Q I Q C C E

P T A N C N R H D N U J A S T

H O A N A U S E O H R T E I T

P N T R A Q M L H Z F O P B U

A G O A K R E B E C E M O A C

Q V P Z T M G S E A P A X S E

Q H Y R R O W E C R A T G E U

N O M E L T H R M X R O S P R

T O T O R R A C B O G A E A N

L A I A P I N E A P P L E R N

W C B N J P A F K P B D O G O

N P Y A O W R T L W Q C J T W

U U G O S N Y E Y I L V K P S

B X W Z D E W A P E P P E R K

►Divide your answers into 2 columns:-

FRUIT VEGETABLES

► Choose 3-5 fruits and vegetables. For each describe or define it.

Word bank : apple, banana, carrot, cherry, corn, cucumber, grapefruit, grapes, lemon lettuce, onion, orange, peach, pear, pepper, pineapple, pomegranate, potato, tomato, watermelon.

3 SONGS

Vegetables (Tune: "Mary Had a Little Lamb.")

We are pumpkins, big and round

Big and round, big and round

We are pumpkins, big and round

Seated on the ground.

We are string beans, green and fine

Green and fine, green and fine

We are string beans, green and fine

Growing on a vine.

We are onions, round and white

Round and white, round and white

We are onions, round and white

We make soup taste right.

We are carrots, orange and long

Orange and long, orange and long

We are carrots, orange and long

Help us sing our song.

We are cabbage, green or red

Green or red, green or red

We are cabbage, green or red

See our funny head.

We are corn stalks, tall and straight

Tall and straight, tall and straight

We are corn stalks, tall and straight

Don't we just taste great.

One Apple (To the rhyme One Potato, Two Potato.)

One apple, two apples, three apples, four,

Five apples, six apples, seven apples, more!

Eight apples, nine apples, ten apples high,

Now let’s make some sweet-apple pie.

I Like Veggies (Tune: "Are You Sleeping?")

I like veggies, I like veggies.

Do you too? Do you too?

I like corn and carrots, I like corn and carrots.

And peas too! And peas too!

4 ACTIVITIES

Title: Fruit salad.

Level: Grade 3.

Materials: Sets of fruit names for each pupil or group, flashcards and pictures or actual fruits.

Aims:

-to practise alphabetical order.

-to introduce and/or review fruit names.

-to practise letter formation.

-to practise global reading skills.

-to practise sight-sound recognition.

Description:

Give each pupil (or group of pupils) a set of fruit names. They have to arrange these names in alphabetical order.

Have volunteers read out different items.

Put the flashcard on the blackboard. For each flashcard read it with the pupils and show them a picture or example of the fruit.

Call out the fruit names, and have the pupils write the first letter of each fruit in their notebooks.

Further ideas:

· Have the pupils draw and label 5 of the fruits, and present it in poster format.

· Have the pupils make a bingo board by dividing a page into 4 or 6 squares and writing fruit names in the squares. Bingo can then be played by using the pictures and calling the names.

FRUIT NAMES:

banana apple grapes strawberry watermelon

cherry orange peach pear pineapple

Title: Fruit basket.

Level: Grade 3

Materials: Flashcards, pictures or actual items, worksheet (Shavuot basket.)

Aims:

-to review numbers , fruits and vegetables.

-to practise listening skills.

-to practise letter-sound recognition.

Description:

Hold up the following items – apple, banana, carrot, cherry, lemon, orange, pear, tomato – and check that the pupils remember what they are.

Then hand each pupil a copy of the worksheet. Call out the items in alphabetical order and have the pupils write the first letter of the item in the box. Correct pupil work by putting the flashcards on the blackboard.

Have the pupils draw a basket. As you call items the pupils have to “put” (i.e. draw) them in the basket. Items to call – three yellow lemons, one banana, two red apples, one orange carrot, four red tomatoes, five red cherries, an orange, a green pear. Tell the pupils to colour the basket brown.

Collect work to check and on return place in portfolio.

Activity SHAVUOT BASKET

Draw your basket here and put in the items your teacher tells you to.

Title: Fruit salad crossword.

Level: Grade 4 with pictures Grade 5 with clues.

Materials: Crossword sheet, flashcards of fruit names, pictures or actual examples of fruits. (FRUITS: banana, apple, grapes, strawberry, watermelon, cherry, orange, peach, pear, pineapple.)

Aims:

-to introduce and/or review fruit names.

-to practise letter formation.

-to practise global reading skills.

Description:

Introduce the name of the festival via hangman.

Once SHAVUOT has been written on the blackboard, ask the pupils what other names they know for this festival. After you have elicited the 4 names brainstorm for fruit names. Write the list (or use flashcards) on the blackboard. Check that the pupils can read and understand the names.

Give pupils the crossword to do. For grade 4 hand out crossword without clues and number the pictures on the blackboard. Arrange the pictures into 2 groups – across and down – and write the number next to the picture. Across -1. watermelon, 2. pineapple, 3. grapes, 4. orange.

Down – 3. strawberry, 5. banana, 6. peach, 7. apple, 8. pear, 9. cherry.

For grade 5 hand out the crossword with the clues.

Correct and have pupils place the crossword in their portfolios.

Answers to crossword:

Across -1. watermelon, 2. pineapple, 3. grapes, 4. orange.

Down – 3. strawberry, 5. banana, 6. peach, 7. apple, 8. pear, 9. cherry.

Activity Fruit crossword

		5			7
			3
1
						9
		6		8
	2
					4

CLUES:

Across

1. I am red with black seeds.

2. I am yellow inside, brown outside and you usually find me in a can.

3. You can make wine from me.

4. My name is also a colour.

Down

3. I am a red, juicy berry.

5. Be careful and don’t slip on my peel.

6. I am round and juicy, have a big seed in my centre and rhyme with beach.

7. Eat me every day and keep the doctor away.

8. You will find ear in my name.

9. I am small, red or sometimes black, and I have a long, thin stem.

Title: Holiday names.

Level: Grade 4/5.

Materials: Worksheet (Holiday names).

Aims:

-to practise reading skills.

-to increase knowledge about the holiday.

Description:

Have the pupils complete the matching exercise. Go over the answers with the pupils and complete the brainstorming that they began.

You can have them copy items into their portfolios, use the items in sentences, or write a story using the different items.

Activity HOLIDAY NAMES.

►Can you match the names in column A with the explanations in column B?

A	B
The Festival of Weeks	G-d gave the Torah to Israel on this day
The Festival of the First Fruits	We count seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot.
The Festival of the Harvest	On this day the farmers began to bring the first fruits to the Temple in Jerusalem
The Time of Giving the Torah	On this day we celebrate the end of the harvest.

► Make a list of things connected to this festival.

Title: The Ten Commandments.

Level: Grade 4/5.

Materials: Reading text of the Ten commandments.

Aims:

-to practise reading skills.

-to practise speaking.

Description:

Begin the lesson with a game of Hangman to elicit the name SHAVUOT. Elicit from the pupils the different names of the festival. Ask the pupils to tell you some of the commandments given to Moses and the Jewish people. See how many of the 10 commandments the pupils know.

Hand out and read the 10 commandments together. Challenge the pupils to discuss why they think each commandment is good (or bad). Let each pupil choose one commandment to write out and illustrate. These can be displayed and then put in the pupil’s portfolio.

Reading text:

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

I am the L-rd, your G-d

You shall have no other gods before me.

You shall not take the name of the L-rd in vain.

Remember the Shabbat and keep it holy.

Honour your father and mother.

You shall not kill.

You shall not be unfaithful to your wife or husband.

You shall not steal.

You shall not bear false witness.

You shall not desire what is your neighbor's.

Title: Fruit and vegetable fun.

Level: Grade 5/6.

Materials: Worksheet (Fruit and Vegetable Fun.)

Aims:

-to introduce and/or review fruit and vegetable names.

-to practise reading skills.

Description:

Introduce the name of the festival via hangman.

Once SHAVUOT has been written on the blackboard, ask the pupils what other names they know for this festival.

After you have elicited the 4 names brainstorm for things connected to the festival. Make sure that you write the pupil responses on 4 separate sections of the blackboard (fruits / vegetables / things done on the festival / others).

Hand out the worksheet (Fruit and Vegetable Fun) and let the pupils complete it.

Place the completed and corrected worksheet in the pupil’s portfolio.

Answers to Fruit and Vegetable Fun:

1. lettuce 2. cucumber 3. potatoes 4. orange 5. apple 6. banana

7. lemon 8. carrot 9.pear 10. tomato 11. pepper 12. grapes

13.watermelon 14. corn

Activity FRUIT AND VEGETABLE FUN.

◊ Read the following list of fruit and vegetables.

apple, banana carrot, corn, cucumber, grapes, lemon, lettuce, orange, pear, pepper, potato, tomato, watermelon.

◊ Now match them to the clues below.

1. You use me in salads. I have many light green leaves.

2. I am tasty in a salad. Leave my green skin on and cut me in round slices.

3. You can make chips from me.

4. A glass of my juice is full of vitamin C.

5. People say that if you eat me everyday, the doctor will stay away.

6. Monkeys like to eat me.

7. Put a slice of me in tea to make a delicious drink.

8. Rabbits eat me.

9. My name rhymes with “bear”.

10. I am a soft, round vegetable that is good in salads. You will also find me in ketchup.

11. I can be dark green, red or even yellow. I can be hot or sweet.

12. You can make wine from me.

13. I am big, green on the outside, red on the inside and have black seeds.

14. You can buy me in the street. I am hot and yellow and good to eat.

◊ Arrange them alphabetically in two columns

fruits vegetables

Title: Shavuot reading.

Level: Grade 5/6.

Materials: Reading sheet and activity sheet (Shavuot reading.)

Aims:

-to practise reading skills.

-to practise listening skills.

-to acquire/revise lexical items connected to the festival.

-to practise writing skills.

Description:

Read the text to the students. At the end ask what holiday is being described.

Hand out the text and have pupils read it silently.

Set the task of underlining any words they do not understand.

Go over the text and deal with pupil vocabulary questions.

Give the pupils some extra information about the story of Ruth.

Hand out activity sheet. Collect it at the end.

Corrected activity sheet can be placed in portfolio.

Reading text:

I happen fifty days after Passover. My Hebrew date is the sixth of Sivan. I celebrate the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. I also celebrate the harvest of the first fruits. In my honour, people like to eat foods made from milk, like cheesecake. They also put plants and flowers in their homes. The Book of Ruth is read. Many Jews stay up all night and study Torah.

Activity sheet. Shavuot Reading Name: __________

1. Are the following statements true or false?

______ a)On this holiday we eat cheesecake.

______ b)This holiday occurs on the tenth of Sivan.

______ c)Many Jews stay up all night and study Torah.

______ d)We read the Book of Esther.

______ e)This holiday is fifty days after Passover.

2. Write the false statements correctly.

3. Provide a title for the text.

4. Write 3 true facts about Ruth.

5. Write 3-5 sentences about what you like or dislike about this holiday.

Title: Cheesecake

Level: Grade 5/6

Materials: blackboard , activity sheet (Cheesecake everywhere!)

Aims:

-to introduce / review lexical items connected to the festival.

-to practise reading skills (decoding, comprehension in context)

Description:

Introduce the name of the festival via hangman.

Once SHAVUOT has been written on the blackboard, ask the pupils what other names they know for this festival. After you have elicited the 4 names brainstorm for things connected to the festival.

Let pupils complete “Cheesecake sheet”.

Correct and place in portfolio.

Activity Cheesecake everywhere!

Here are some statements related to Shavuot. However, each one has cheesecake in it! Replace the cheesecakes with a word which makes the statement TRUE.

1. Shavuot occurs seven cheesecakes after Passover.

2. Moses received the ten cheesecakes on Mount Cheesecake.

3. We eat cheesecake products on this holiday.

4. We read the Book of Cheesecakes on Shavuot.

5. The Festival of Cheesecakes is another name for Shavuot.

6. This festival is in the Hebrew month of Cheesecake.

7. We stay up all night studying the cheesecake.

8. This holiday has cheesecake different names.

Answers:

1. weeks. 2. Commandments; Sinai. 3. dairy 4. Ruth

5. First Fruits / Giving of the Law / the Harvest 6. Sivan 7. Torah. 8. four.

Title: The Ten Commandments

Level: Grade 6

Materials: Ten commandments, strips for pair work

Aims:

-to practise reading skills.

-to practise speaking.

Description: Hand out a strip of text to each pupil. (On each strip half a commandment is written.) Let the pupils find their partners. Ask the pupils to read out their complete sentence. After 3 or 4 different sentences have been read out ask the pupils if they can think of a title for all the sentences.

Elicit “THE TEN COMMANDMENTS” and have pupils come up to the blackboard and put their sentence strips in order.

Challenge the pupils to discuss why they think each commandment is good (or bad).

Lead a discussion as to why you chose this topic today. Elicit other facts they know about Shavuot. Write them on the blackboard.

To complete this activity have the pupils write something about Shavuot to place in their portfolios. Ideas for this include a) choose a commandment and say why it is important to obey it; b) design a poster about Shavuot; c) a creative piece of writing titled “I am a Shavuot cheesecake.”; d) a poster containing the 10 commandments.

Materials for pair work for this activity.

Use these split commandments for pair work.

They need to be copied and enlarged.

Place on poster card.

I am the L-rd, your G-d

You shall have no other gods before me.

You shall not take the name of the L-rd in vain.

Remember the Shabbat and keep it holy.

Honour your father and mother.

You shall not kill.

You shall not be unfaithful to your wife or husband.

You shall not steal.

You shall not bear false witness.

You shall not desire what is your neighbor's

Title: Shavuot writing.

Level: Grade 6.

Materials: Pen and paper, questions (WHAT DO YOU KNOW AND THINK ABOUT SHAVUOT?)

Aims:

-to practise writing skills.

-to practise presenting information to peers.

-to use lexical items connected to the holiday.

-to practise listening skills.

Description:

Hand out to each pupil a list of questions to answer. Allow 10-15 minutes for silent, independent writing.

Let the pupils work in pairs or groups and share their answers. Tell them before they start that they have three aims – a) talk only in English,

b) correct factual points in their own work, and c) be prepared to report on what they were told.

After 10-15 minutes gather the class together and lead a discussion of the questions on the sheet. Allow pupils to report what they heard as well as to give their own answers.

Follow-up work is to rewrite their answers with corrections and place their writing in their portfolio.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW AND THINK ABOUT SHAVUOT?

1. When is Shavuot?

2. How many names can you think of for this festival?

3. What foods are associated with this festival?

Do you know why? Describe your favourite food

associated with this holiday.

4. What does it mean when people say Shavuot is an agricultural festival?

5. “Shavuot : A Beginning in Jewish Education.” What does this mean? Does it mean anything to us today?

6. What do you know about the story of Ruth?

7. Do you like this festival? Why / why not?

8. What do you usually do to celebrate Shavuot? Do you have any special family traditions associated with this festival?

Title: Punctuation.

Level: Grade 6

Materials: blackboard, worksheet (Stops and capitals.)

Aims:

-to introduce / review lexical items connected to the festival.

-to practise punctuation (use of full stops and capital letters.)

Description:

Introduce the name of the festival via hangman.

Once SHAVUOT has been written on the blackboard, ask the pupils what other names they know for this festival. After you have elicited the 4 names brainstorm for things connected to the festival.

Let pupils complete the punctuation exercise.

Correct and place in portfolio.

Correction of punctuation:

The holiday of Shavuot is on the sixth day of the Hebrew month Sivan. Shavuot takes place in the spring, generally in late May or early June. Shavuot is the holiday when G-d gave the Jewish people the Torah. Moses climbed Mount Sinai and received the Torah. Also Shavuot is an agricultural festival.

Activity STOPS AND CAPITALS

Below is a paragraph about the holiday Shavuot. However, all the capital letters and full stops have been left out. Can you put them in? Use “GREEN” for capital letters and “RED” for the full stops.

the holiday of shavuot is on the sixth day of the hebrew month sivan shavuot takes place in the spring, generally in late may or early june shavuot is the holiday when G-d gave the jewish people the torah moses climbed mount sinai and received the torah also shavuot is an agricultural festival

Finished? Good. Now write 5 sentences about the Story of Ruth.

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