tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post855389489695219134..comments2023-10-29T11:50:25.742+02:00Comments on My Obiter Dicta: Shavuot:: The Unforgottable FestivalJeffrey R. Woolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11315625918870195028noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-8537297144943744812011-06-10T16:02:58.968+03:002011-06-10T16:02:58.968+03:00Obviously. The genius of the Jewish People is foun...Obviously. The genius of the Jewish People is found in filling the lacunae with content.Jeffrey R. Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315625918870195028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-8643275194037104252011-06-10T07:35:57.763+03:002011-06-10T07:35:57.763+03:00i think the author of that article is correct. shu...i think the author of that article is correct. shulchan aruch/mishneh brurah has 200 pages on pesach and then 2 mesely se'ifim on shavuos. mishneh torah has even less. i think you will search in vain for any reference to shavuos there in zemanim (skips from pesach to shofar). of course you'll find it there in avodah (or korbanos?), but the content there is completely irrelevent to us today.<br /><br />classically after churban habayis shavuous was merely the atzeres of pesach. (indeed, most jews have no idea what shemini atzeres is either for the same reason)<br /><br />"In addition, Shavuot has a mitzvah. We are bidden to re-experience Revelation and to sit and study Torah."<br /><br />you mean mitzvah in the colloquial sense and not the halachik obligatory sense?Abbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06147724170190982376noreply@blogger.com