Join us for Erev Shavuot services on Thursday evening, May 21st at 6:30 p.m., (with a dairy oneg featuring cheesecake bites starting at 6:00 p.m).
On Erev Shavuot, we mark the end of the 49-day Omer count, and the revelation of the Torah at Mount Sinai. The service includes the ritual reading of the Ten Commandments, the singing of Hallel, and reflections from our rabbis. Yizkor will be read.
This year especially, we are drawn to give extra voice to the traditional reading for Shavuot: the Book of Ruth. Ruth is the righteous immigrant and paradigmatic convert, the outsider who becomes central to the Jewish story. In a time when immigrants are too often met with suspicion rather than welcome, Ruth’s story asks us to consider what it means to open a community to the stranger.
This service will be livestreamed and the link will be shared in the weekly email (“Friends of Temple Micah”) prior to the service.