Hareshima: Shavout Resources

	Shavout Resources

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A New Light on an Ancient Ritual -
Talks about the counting of the Omer and answers many questions about the tradition.
URL: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/Shokel/880331_Omer_Light.html

Beth El on Shavuot -

URL: http://www.shamash.org/reform/uahc/congs/ma/ma002/shavuot.html

Chabbad's Shavout Site -
A nice Shavout guide on the how-to's of the holiday
URL: http://www.chabad.org/eli/shavuot.html

From Pesach to Shavout -
An interactive new site for children and adults. It includes four rooms: Study, Library, Music and Play rooms. It has information pages, Midi and Real Audio music, stories in Hebrew and English and many new Java games and quizzes. The site covers Pesach, Lag B'Omer and Shavuot.
URL: http://www.bus.ualberta.ca/yreshef/pesach/index.html

Sh@vuot Center -
Contest and information about this festival commemorating the giving of the Torah in Mt. Sinai.
URL: http://www.his.com/~chabad/shavuot/

Shavout -
The Shavout center at Virtual Jerusalem
URL: http://www.virtual.co.il/city_services/holidays/shavuot/

Shavout -
Jewish Outreach journal for Shavout
URL: http://www.joi.org/edutain/shavuot1/revelation.html

Shavout and Omer Classes -
613.org presents RealAudio classes on Shavout and the Omer period. In Hebrew and English.
URL: http://www.613.org/shavuot.html

The Counting of The Omer -
Judiasm 101 explains the counting of the Omer
URL: http://user03.blue.aol.com/jewfaq/holidayb.htm

The Virtual Bet Midrash -
Yeshivat Har Etzion's Shavout Journal
URL: http://www.virtual.co.il/education/yhe/shavuot.htm

Tikkun Leil Shavout -
Sections from the laws of Torah study by RAMBAM as they apply to Shavout
URL: http://www.wzo.org.il/encountr/rambam.htm

What is Shavout? -
This site explains the traditions and customs of the Shavout holiday.
URL: http://www.planet.net/peterr/shavuot.html