Shavuot

After leaving the land of the Pharaoh, our people wandered the desert for forty years until they reached the Promised Land. In that time, while at Mount Sinai, Moses received the Torah from the Lord. This is what we celebrate on Shavuot, one of the three Shalosh Regalim. Although it was customary for the Shalosh Regalim to consist in a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices in the temple, that's not possible anymore since the destruction of the Second Temple. Thus, we must make an effort to remember while celebrating.\nShavuot also commemorates the wheat harvest after the counting of the Omer started at Passover. Thus, it represents the anticipation and desire of receiving the Torah and we must celebrate while keeping that in mind. We must focus on the study of the Torah to become a nation committed to serving the Lord. Only then will the Lord provide.