In 2021, Shavuot begins the evening of Sunday, May 16 and ends the evening of Tuesday, May 18.
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This story originally appeared on The Nosher.You’ve probably heard of cheesecake or blintzes as traditional foods to enjoy for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, but get ready to fall in love with a cheese-filled carb treat you have never heard of: Bessarabian...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 8, 2016
If you had counted 49 days from the second day of Passover, also known as the Counting of the Omer, you would reach number 49 on Saturday, June 11, which is erev Shavuot. That holiday commemorates both the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and the harvest...
Ingredients1-½ tsp butter or margarine1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs (approximately)1-½ pounds cream cheese (3 8-ounce packages)1 cup sugar1-½ tsp vanilla extract½ cup dairy sour cream or unflavored yogurt1/3 cup cream (whipping cream or half and...
By Ronnie Fein, The Nosher Via JTA
• Published June 1, 2016
You know Shavuot is coming when you begin to see cheesecakes everywhere. Countless variations in the bakeries and supermarkets. Endless numbers of recipes in the media. Cheesecake is the iconic Shavuot dessert, as sacrosanct as a Hanukkah latke or Passover...
This salad is dotted with figs, grapes, olives and dates, four of the holiday's seven first fruits. A sprinkle of blue cheese adds a dairy twist.Ingredients:1/4 pound mesclun mix, rinsed under cold water and dried in a salad spinner or in paper towels25...
