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Dear Friends,
We all know the feeling. Every so often we arrive at a “Special Day” in our Diary.
We look forward to this day with anticipation, and more often than not we wait for it as a “guarded secret”. It is a special day for which we are waiting, but we also know that not everyone around us shares our secret. Sadly, for them it is not special.
As a People we collectively have such a day. It is Our Day. It is the day on which we became a People; and, those who are around us but not part of our People, will not understand why we regard it so special.
This “day” is Shavuot. Shavuot is the day on which G‑d showed us that he had chosen us as His People! Shavuot is the day on which, 3,329 years ago, G‑d came down onto Mount Sinai and SPOKE to us! He gave us His holiest gift, the Torah!
On Shavuot, we commemorate and celebrate our “Special Day”. Each of us has their own way of celebrating Shavuot. Whichever way we celebrate, we make sure to include our children, because we received the Torah in their merit and they are our future.
Fruma and I, wish you and your family a Chag Sameach, and may you receive the Torah with joy and inner meaning.
Sincerely,
Rabbi Nochum Schapiro
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