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Shavuot .

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flute and the singing of
psalms and hymns.
The significance of
Shavuot as the time of the
giving of the Law is one of
the dominant motives in the
festival. Based on a number
of passages in the Bible
dealing with Israel's jour-
neyings through the
wilderness and arrival at
Sinai, it was proven that the
giving of the Torah on Mt.
Sinai must have taken place
on the sixth of Sivan, the
very time when the agricul-
tural festival is celebrated.
Many customs have
become interwoven with
Shavuot. It is traditional
that only dairy foods and
honey are eaten on these
days, linked to the pas-
sage: ". . . honey and milk
shall be under your
tongue" (Song of Songs
4:11), implying that the
words of the Torah are as

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pleasant and acceptable
to our ears and hearts as
are milk and honey to our
tongues.
Homes and synagogues
are decorated with flowers
and green branches as a re-
minder that on Shavuot the
world is judged through the
fruit of the trees, a judg-
ment demonstrated by the
richness or meagerness of
the harvest.
Many pious people spend
the entire night on the eve
of Shavuot studying pas-
sages from the Bible, Mis-
hna, Talmud and Zohar.
The Book of Ruth is read in
the synagOgue because the
events of the book occur at
the time of Israel's grain
harvest. It tells of how Ruth
the Moabite clung to the
Jewish people and its faith,
and records the birth of
David, descended from
Ruth. There is also the tra-
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Talmud that King David
was born and died on
Shavuot.
A special song, composed
1,000 years ago, is still sung
in synagogues at Shavuot.
"Akdamut Milin" (before
the words) — is a hymn to
God's glory, His Torah and
the righteous who study it.
It is appropriate for the fes-
tival as it exults in the

Students Clash at Hebrew U

JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Arab and Jewish students
clashed Wednesday at the
Hebrew University with
Jerusalem police stopping
short of dispersing both
groups by force.
The Arabs had called a
sit-in to protest the ongoing
curfew in Hebron and to call
for the return of the three
Arab leaders deported fal-
lowing the Hebron terror
attack on May 2.
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down they took off their
shirts, exposing undershirts
bearing slogans in Arabic,
Hebrew and English. Some
of the slogans read "The
PLO is our representative."
This triggered the
anger of a growing crowd
of Jewish students. They
engaged in bitter debates
which soon developed
into fist fights. University
security men separated
the fighters.
Arab shopkeepers in the
Old City of Jerusalem re-
opened their stores this
week after closing in protest
for a week.
Israel prevented the three
ousted West Bank Arab of-
ficials from returning to
their homes.
The three, Mayor Fahed
Kawasme of Hebron, Mayor
Mohammed Milhim of
Halhoul and Kadi (Moslem
judge) Rajeb Buyud Tamimi
arrived in Amman after a
week in Beirut where they
had been hosted by the
Palestine Liberation
Organization. They said
they intended to cross the
Allenby Bridge to imple-
ment last Thursday's
United Nations Security
Council resolution declar-
ing their deportation il-
legal.
The resolution, adopted
by a 14-0 vote, with the
United States abstaining,
called on Israel, "as occupy-
ing power to rescind these
illegal measures" and make
possible "the immediate re-
turn" of the expelled Pales-
tinian leaders.
The U.S. had criticized
the deportation but William
vanden Heuvel, the U.S.
deputy chief delegate, said
the final draft lacked bal-
ance because it made no
reference to the terrorist at-
tack which killed six Jewish
students and wounded 16
others.

blessing bestowed on the
Children of Israel when
they were selected to re-
ceive the Torah.
In Israel, the agricul-
tural significance of
Shavuot is most mean-
ingful in the agricultural
settlements, be they
kibutzim, moshavim or
private farms, where
people feel the special joy
of harvesting crops they
planted themselves.
In kibutzim, each agricul-
tural branch presents the
fruit of its labor as a long
procession of suitably deco-
rated tractors approaches
the stage; here the produce
is accepted and men, women
and children connected with
vineyard or cowshed,
orange grove or poultry, tell
of their work and plans. As
they bring in the first fruits,
they express in readings,
song and dance, the story of
the harvester.
Pageants might be per-
. formed showing the arrival
of pilgrims at the gates of
Old Jerusalem, where they
are met by the elders who

greet them and lead them to -
the(imaginary) Temple.
The actors give their bas-
kets of first fruits to "the
priest" who places them
around "the altar." Today
the songs and music are
composed in the spirit of the
new Israel, and the dances
have the rhythm of modern
times.
So we see how the new
customs that Israelis intro-
duced to Shavuot have
brought the wheel fv"
cle. Again we are ct
ing it as an agricultural fes-
tival, but with the realiza-
tion that the giving of the
Torah at Mt. Sinai marked
Israel's entry into national
maturity. By accepting the
Law of justice and its com-
mandments and proclaim-
ing God's unity, Israel has
been promised eternal
existence.

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