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reason as to why Shavuot 
is more obscure than other 
holidays. When compared to 
celebrations such as Passover 
and Chanukah, Shavuot is 
not commercialized in the 
slightest. While these holidays 
see entire sections of stores 
dedicated to them, community 
events for children and more, 
Shavuot rarely, if at all, gets any 
of these. 
However, even though the 
signs don’t point to it being an 
important date, it actually is. 
As mentioned earlier, it’s one 
of the three harvest festivals; 
although this was a bigger deal 
in ancient times, this would 

in theory put it on a similar 
level to Sukkot and Pesach. 
In addition, Shavuot is when 
the Jewish people received the 
Torah, a momentous occasion 
to say the least.
To end, I would like to pose 
a question: Why do you think 
Shavuot is more of a “hidden 
holiday” even though it has 
such a significant background 
and meaning? What can we do 
to bring hidden holidays like 
Shavuot into the spotlight? 

Brody Fleishman is a freshman at 

Frankel Jewish Academy and a 

graduate of Hillel Day School.

Yiddish Limerick

Shavuot

Men zogt az mir alle in Sinai gevayn
Un Moishe Rabeinu mir alle gezayn.
 Un Naase v’nishma gezogt with no fear
 Farvos undzer Torah was always so dear. 
Un in yeder Shavuot tzu shul mir vel gayn.

Men zogt- they say
az mir alle inn Sinai gevayn- that we all were in Sinai
 mir alle gezayn- we all saw
Un naase v’nishma- And we’ll do and we’ll hear
gezogt- said
Farvos undzer Torah- Bbecause our Torah
Un in yeder Shavuot- And in every Shavuot 
tzu shul mir vel gayn- to synagogue we will go.

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