Sensory Shavuot

| Shavuot | Holidays

On Shavuot, we read that the Torah was given with thunder, lightning, smoke, shaking ground, and a shofar blast. How do we continue to experience the Torah with all our senses?

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The Freshest Grain (Ofra Backenroth): Sharing the experience of Shavuot on a kibbutz

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Touch: Beyond the Mountain’s Edge
with Jan Uhrbach
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Taste: Sweet in our Mouths
with Eliezer Diamond
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Fragrance: The Aroma of the Torah
with Daniel Nevins
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Sight: Revelation at the Yiddish Theater
with Stephanie Halpern

Hearing: Reading the Torah and Singing its Praises
with Nancy Abramson
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