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Dairy foods are associated with the loving, nurturing generosity exemplified by a mother nursing her baby. It is this supreme love that we connect to on the anniversary of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. New beginnings and connecting to the Source is what Shavuot is all about.
Here are a number of other reasons for the custom to eat dairy on the first day of Shavuot:
1. Chalav-the Hebrew word for milk-has the numerical value (Gematriah) of 40 reminding us the number of days and nights thatMoses remained on Mt. Sinai.
2. One of the eight different names for Mt. Sinai is "Gavnunim," which means white like cheese.
3. The words in the Torah referring to the Shavuot holiday offering are "Minchah chadashah l'Hashem b'shavuotaychem," which are also an acronym for the Hebrew word m'chalav-"from milk."
4. When the Jews received the Torah on Shavuot they were commanded only to eat meat which was ritually slaughtered. Since none of their meat was previously slaughtered and the Torah was given on Shabbat -- when it is forbidden to slaughter animals -- they were forced to eat dairy for the rest of the day.
5. Shavuot is the completion of a spiritual process that we begin onPassover, and their respective holiday offerings represent the stages of this process. At the Passover Seder we have two cooked dishes to commemorate the two offering brought on Passover in theTemple times. To connect the two holidays, we eat two cooked foods on Shavuot as well-one meat and one dairy.
6. Two loaves of bread were offered in the Holy Temple on the holiday of Shavuot. To commemorate this offering we eat two meals on Shavuot; one dairy and one meat (eating meat is mandatory on every festival).
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Isn't Shavuot the holiday where you eat dairy foods?
yes, it is customary to eat dairy foods. Although it is allowed to eat meat on the holiday as well. (But of course, not dairy and meat together!--that would not be kosher)
Are there any special foods or blessings in the shavuot?
Dairy foods are customary.
On which of the shalosh regalim can you eat dairy?
On Shavuot
What kind of food to cook for Shavuot?
Many Yahudim have dairy based foods, but this is not a requirement by Torah. When the temple was available, the people brought 2 leavened loaves of bread as well as other sacrifices YaHuWaH commanded. In my family, we still make 2 loaves of bread and dairy foods, but there is no special food required for us to eat, since we don't have the temple to offer sacrifices at (the only authorized place for the physical sacrifices of Torah).
What food do people eat on Shavuot?
Jewish people mark Tu Bishvat by eating a symbolic meal of fruit and nuts.
What are foods to eat and not?
Foods to eat are natural foods. Foods not to eat are junk food and less healthier foods.
What are the symbols for Shavuot?
# the Torah (what the Jews got on that day), # flowers (symbolizing how mount sinai was decorated), # the book of Ruth (the book in the bible that's read on shavuot), # harvesting (the time of year that shavuot takes place), # mount sinai (where the Torah was received by Moses and the Jewish people), # dairy foods (Jews waited to eat meat before the Torah was given since they did not yet know the specific laws of slaughtering animals-after receiving the torah, they were able to learn the laws properly to eat only kosher meat), # 49 (the countdown from the 2nd day of passover till shavuot)
What do you do at shavuot?
On Shavuot the custom is to stay up all night studying Torah to mark the date that God gave the Ten Commandments. We pray and read the Torah (Exodus 19-20), and eating dairy foods is customary.
How do you use milky way in a sentence?
I like to eat a specific candy called, "milky way"
Why can't the Jews eat dairy and fruit?
Jews eat lots of dairy and fruit dishes. Cheesecake, for example, is a very popular dish on Shavuot (also known as Pentecost or Shavuot), and many cheesecakes have fruit topping. The big restriction is that Jewish tradition forbids eating dairy foods at the same time as meat or too soon after a meat meal. So, after eating a corned-beef sandwich or a good beef brisket, an observant Jew will not accept a dairy dessert.
What country did Shavuot originate from?
Shavuot is a Jewish religious holiday.
What foods did the chummash eat?
what kind of foods did the chummash eat
