In the Jewish religious calendar, we are now literally counting the days between two important holidays—Passover (April 14-22) and Shavuot (June 3-4). Passover is the most observed of the major Jewish holidays and Shavuot the least observed. Yet the story of Passover would be incomplete and its meaning lost without Shavuot.
Passover, as just about everyone knows, celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery. While Shavuot, as fewer people realize, commemorates the Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, arguably one of the most important events in human history. God passed down his commandments to Moses on the smoke-covered mountain, and the people of Israel accepted those commandments on behalf of the entire human race.
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