The community is invited to join a collaboration of local synagogues on Tuesday, June 11, at 7 p.m. at Temple Beth-El of Great Neck to celebrate the Festival of Shavuot, a holiday commemorating the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and the Jewish value of learning.
To honor this mystical tradition, the event will include a Tikkun Leil Shavuot, a series of Torah study sessions on various compelling Jewish topics taught by local clergy.
The evening will culminate with a traditional dessert of dairy foods—often cheesecake or blintzes—symbolizing the “land flowing with milk and honey,” according to Exodus 3:8.
This Shavuot gathering will be especially meaningful, as six local synagogues—Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, Temple Judea of Manhasset, Temple Tikvah of New Hyde Park, North Country Reform Temple of Glen Cove, Temple Isaiah of Great Neck and Port Jewish Center of Port Washington— join together to observe the holiday.
This free event is open to the community, but registration is required (so we have enough cheesecake!).
To register or for more information, call 516-487-0900, visit www.tbegreatneck.org, or email info@tbegreatneck.org. Temple Beth-El is Great Neck’s oldest synagogue, serving the community for more than 90 years.
