It’s a question I found myself asking six weeks before Shavuot, late in the Torah service on the last day of Passover. Returning with my wife Brenda to Temple Beth Emet, in Anaheim, Calif., ...

This article first appeared on My Jewish Learning. If you live in the land of Israel, Shavuot is a one-day holiday. Everywhere else it’s celebrated for two days (except by the Reform movement ...