Shavuot as Seen by Hartman Scholars: Revelation and Modernity

Shavuot 2019 in Israel will begin in the evening of Saturday, June 8, and ends the evening of Sunday, June 9. In the Diaspora, Shavuot will continue through Monday, 10 June.

The Shalom Hartman Institute will have study and learning sessions in English and Hebrew in Jerusalem, June 8-9. See details below.

Donniel Hartman says Jewish tradition speaks through the language and imagery of revelation, while modernity rarely gives itself to the claim of revelation.

These are the issues modern Jews must wrestle with. In that spirit, we offer this special content section, in which Shalom Hartman Institute scholars explore questions of pluralism, revelation, modernity, and more.

Christine Hayes

• Moses at Sinai: God's Partner or Adversary

Donniel Hartman

• On Shavuot, Reverse the Paucity of Ideas That Threatens Judaism, Israel

Elana Stein Hain

• How to Move Mountains: Questions for North American Jewry

David Hartman

• Shavuot and the Meaning of the Covenant

Marcie Lenk

• Shavuot. Pentecost. Harvest. First Fruits. Revelation at Sinai. Holy Spirit. Torah.

Shraga Bar-On

• How Shavuot Became the Festival of the Giving of the Torah

Megillat Ruth

Channa Pinchasi

• Women, Come and Read All of the Megillot

Noam Zion

• To Be ‘Remaindered’: The Book of Ruth’s Naomi as Mourner

Tamara Tweel

• The Exquisite Challenge of Care

Micah Goodman

• Megillat Ruth and ’Matan Torah‘ to the World

Videos

Orit Avnery

Christine Hayes

Yossi Klein Halevi & Haroon Moghul

David Hartman

• Donniel Hartman: Shavuot Teaches Us That Ideas Matter
• Yehuda Kurtzer: Auschwitz or Sinai: Metaphor and the Meaning of Modern Israel
• Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi: Three Models of Receiving Torah on Celebrating Shavuot
• Christine Hayes: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
• Complete playlist of Hartman Shavuot videos (English and Hebrew)

Shavuot 2019 at Shalom Hartman Institute (English)

Shavuot Night Late Saturday 8 June 2019

Shavuot Day Sunday Afternoon 9 June 2019

Get complete details about the Hebrew learning sessions here.