Vermont Jewish Communities around the state are offering a collective festival during Shavuot that brings hope, resilience, and state-wide connection. Online and nature activities offered throughout the holiday are open to all — come for all or part, download activities and don’t miss the special featured concert with Nefesh Mountain Saturday night on Facebook live.
Offerings by communities throughout Vermont including: JCVT, Living Tree Alliance, Jewish Community of Greater Stowe (JCOGS), Ruach HaMaqom, Ohavi Zedek, Rutland Jewish Center, Temple Israel of Manchester, Beth Jacob, Havurah of Addison county, and Congregations Beth El of Bennington and St. Johnsbury, Brattleboro Jewish Community, and Temple Sinai.
We are pleased to announce that ZenBarn in Waterbury will be offering Shavuot special meals, like blintzes and cheesecake, for pick up during the weekend available at zenbarnvt.com on their online menu. .......................................
Starting tonight through Saturday night for the holiday of Shavuot, you are invited to come to the beautiful grounds of JCOGS to wander through a guided walk leading you through the wisdom of Shavuot, echoing a time when we would journey to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem with an offering of first fruits. Now, we make a journey of revelation, traveling to the temple of our unique connection to ONENESS and then... returning home. .......................................
Create and celebrate Shavuot in color and form. Join Beth for Shavuot art-making. Grab some paper and something to color with as we journey to the mountain together with story and creative expression. Ages 4 and up.
Be sure to join us for a special Friday night Shabbat service hosted by JCOGS with spiritual leaders coming together from every one of Vermont’s 11 synagogues. Follow along with this Siddur. Show up at 5:30 PM for a special multigenerational storytelling moderated by Rabbi David.
Hallel, meaning “Praise,” is a beautiful, uplifting part of many holidays, and it includes some of the most popular and most varied melodies in Jewish prayer. This year, for Shavu’ot in this time of social distancing, we will be doing a statewide Hallel, with cantors, rabbis and Jewish leaders (including Rabbi David) from our many congregations coming together to sing, share melodies, and express our gratitude for these lives we are given, for the beauty of the world around us, and for the Creator. Join us to sing our gratitude.
Nefesh Mountain is the place where Bluegrass, Old-Time, and American Roots music meet with Jewish heritage and tradition. They are pioneering a new world of American culture which seamlessly blends their deep love for American and Western musical forms with their own cultural backgrounds as Jewish Americans. Join us Saturday Night for a live concert to close out our Shavuot retreat with joy.
