Cheese cake
Why do we eat dairy on Shavuos?
1. we didnt know yet the halachos of shechita and kashering so we ate dairy
2. חלב is gematria 40 (40 days Moshe was on har Sinai)
What special portion of the Torah is read on shavuos and why?
Aseres Hadibros - the ten commandments - because we heard them for the first time on Shavuos
What happened to the Bnei Yisroel when they heard the first 2 dibros from Hashem
Their neshama left them
When is the earliest time we can Pray Maariv on the first night of shavuos? why?
When it is definitely night, since we need 49 complete days to have counted
which special korbon was brought on shavuos?
shnei halechem
Why do we stay up all night on shavuos?
to fix the sleeping in on the morning of matan torah
What are the Bikurim and why are they connected to Shavuos?
first fruits of the seven special fruits - the first bundles of wheat were brought to the beis hamikdosh on Shavuos
what did the malochim say when they saw moshe come up to shomayim to get the torah?
what is a man born to a mother doing here?
what do some shuls say before krias hatorah on shavuos
akdomus
how does one designate bikurim in his feild?
ties a red string around it
By which names is Shavuos called in the Torah
Shavuos
Chag Hakotzir
Yom Habikurim
Who yortzeit is on shavuos?
Dovid Hamelech
why is it called har sinai?
sinai has same letters as nisim and many nisim were done for the yidden there
In which parsha is the aseres hadibros
Yisro
Vaeschanan
Why is Shavuos called Atzeres?
we stop working
we stop counting sefira
On what day of the month is shavuos?
6 and 7 sivan
How many days in Eretz Yisrael - The Land of Israel - is Shavuos
1
On what condition did Hashem agree to give the Torah to the yidden?
the children would be the guarantors
which haftora do we read on shavuos?
merkovas yechezkel
how do call shavuos in kiddush and davening?
zman matan toraseinu
How many days after pesach is shavuos? what do we do on those days?
49- sefiras haomer
What did the malochim - angels - do when Hashem heard the Jews say naase venishma?
they gave each Jew 2 crowns
On what day of the week was the torah given?
Shabbos
what is judged on shavuos?
the fruits of the trees
what was the whole world doing while the Aseres hadibros were being said?
quiet