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Shavuot

Former hostage Gadi Mozes releases doves into the Kibbutz NIr Oz fields as a sign of peace during the May 22, 2026 Shavuot holiday celebrations. (Courtesy)
May 26, 2026, 5:21 pm
Gaza border kibbutzim mark first Shavuot without hostages
Nir Oz, Nahal Oz and Be’eri share images and moments of celebration from the harvest holiday festivities
By Jessica Steinberg
The youths being led away from the Temple Mount by police after attempting to break through, on May 22, 2026. (Screenshots/ X/Yossi Eli)
May 23, 2026, 12:46 am
Police arrest 13 for trying to ‘sacrifice’ bread on Temple Mount to mark Shavuot
Suspects said to bring loaves of bread for the harvest holiday instead of an animal sacrifice, as activists did earlier this month and in April
By ToI Staff
A kosher cookbook from 1846, titled titled "The Jewish Manual of Modern Cookery, With a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette," acquired by the National Library of Israel. (Haim and Hanna Salomon Judaica Collection at the National Library of Israel)
May 22, 2026, 4:32 pm
National Library acquires world’s earliest known kosher cookbook
The 1846 volume, believed to have been compiled by Lady Judith Montefiore, includes some of the earliest documented cheesecake recipes in Jewish culinary literature
By ToI Staff
Screenshot from video skit posted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of Shavuot, May 21, 2026. (Social media)
May 22, 2026, 1:11 pm
Netanyahu posts skit of young man ‘coming out’ as his supporter, to parents’ horror
Clip posted on Shavuot eve shows liberal family imploding after son reveals he backs PM; message empathizes with his voters ostensibly having harder time declaring their identity than gays do
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A no-bake chocolate cheesecake at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem, part of the hotel's Shavuot cheesecake collection. (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
May 20, 2026, 5:53 am
Ahead of Shavuot, a Jerusalem cheesecake tour offers a slice of the city’s sweet side
Sampling 14 different cakes at seven capital cafes and bakeries, kosher food influencer Jamie Geller explores recipes and history as she looks to start a new holiday tradition
By Zev Stub
Milking time at Kibbutz Alumim's dairy, near the Gaza border in southern Israel, January 13, 2026. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 17, 2026, 2:54 pm
Milking it: New figures show Israelis consuming more dairy products and alternatives
Agriculture Ministry publishes new figures ahead of Shavuot and in wake of Knesset Committee okay to expand Dairy Council powers, despite Treasury opposition
By Sue Surkes
The 'Codex Sassoon' bible is displayed at Sotheby's in New York on February 15, 2023. (Ed Jones/AFP)
June 2, 2025, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing June 2: Day 605 – Ancient Bibles receive new homes for Torah holiday
Religions reporter Rossella Tercatin on Anu’s Codex, converts’ issues and Messianic traditions of slain Yaron Lischinsky; arts editor Jessica Steinberg reviews kibbutz art on Shavuot
By Jessica Steinberg and Rossella Tercatin
Shavuot celebrations in Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan in 1945 (Credit Yaakov Rosner/KKL-JNF archive)
June 1, 2025, 1:00 pm
Kibbutz marks 80 years of Shavuot song and dance with pioneering artworks
Northern Kibbutz Ramat Yohanan hosts expansive exhibit inspired by the pre-state work of choreographer Leah Bergstein and composer Mattityahu Shelem for the harvest festival
By Jessica Steinberg
The Codex Sassoon, the world’s oldest nearly complete Hebrew Bible, on permanent display for the first time at ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv in May 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
May 30, 2025, 4:32 am
Codex Sassoon, oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, displayed in Israel after Oct. 7 delay
In time for Shavuot, the country also welcomes another centuries-old unique manuscript, the Shem Tov Bible, which too was once part of David Solomon Sassoon’s collection
By Rossella Tercatin
'The Madwoman in the Rabbi's Attic,' by Gila Fine. (Courtesy)
June 11, 2024, 5:23 pm
A redemptive reading of Talmudic women reveals ‘radical truths’ hidden by the rabbis
Perfect for Shavuot learning, a new book by thinker Gila Fine reexamines the complex narratives of women in the Talmud, giving them new life with insightful second readings
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
The front and back covers of the 'Shavuot of Longing' cookbook from the Hostages and Missing Families Forum for the June 2024 holiday (Courtesy)
June 4, 2024, 12:39 pm
Hostages’ families share favorite Shavuot recipes as they hold out hope for loved ones
Hostages forum releases cookbook ‘Shavuot of Longing, Their Recipes on Our Table,’ as part of fundraising efforts to secure the freedom of those held captive in Gaza
By Jessica Steinberg
Cars burned in a large brush fire at Har Turan in the Galilee region, May 27, 2023 (Fire and Rescue Services)
May 27, 2023, 12:56 pm
Homes and hikers evacuated as firefighters battle over 170 blazes amid heatwave
No injuries reported; with rain expected, police warn of flash floods; abandoned cars engulfed by flames in nature reserve near Gaza; 6 rescued when swept out at Sea of Galilee
By ToI Staff
An AI bot to generate cheesecake recipes is meant to prove that artificial intelligence can have a place in Orthodox communities. (Illustration by Mollie Suss/JTA)
May 25, 2023, 4:55 pm
App that can generate 64,000 kosher cheesecake recipes pitches AI to Orthodox Jews
The Brooklyn marketing exec behind CheesecakeWizard.AI walks a fine line in an insular, internet-averse community, shopping the new tech only to those who already use the net
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Russian speakers perform havdala, a ceremony that marks the end of Shabbat, in Israel. (Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli)
May 25, 2023, 3:01 pm
Russian speakers relish a user-friendly Shavuot, and its pro-conversion message
An organization that helps build communities of newcomers from former Soviet countries has adapted the Jewish holiday’s all-night study tradition
By Canaan Lidor
File: Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau (L) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef convene an emergency meeting against a new proposal to overhaul the conversion to Judaism system, on June 3, 2018. (Courtesy of the Chief Rabbinate spokesperson)
May 25, 2023, 9:41 am
As demand for Orthodox Jewish conversion soars, the number of successful cases dips
The government’s protracted process is not appealing to most of the half-million Israelis who are not recognized as Jewish by the Rabbinate
By Canaan Lidor
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