What is Shavuot? All About the Jewish Holiday for Torah and Learning

Shavuot is the most important Jewish Holiday most people have never heard of. From all night study sessions to mountains of cheese, Shavuot finds incredible ways to celebrate receiving the Torah.

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BimBam sparks connections to Judaism through digital storytelling for learners of all ages. Founded in 2008, BimBam’s catalog of hundreds of animated videos and other digital content are now under the auspices of the Union for Reform Judaism, and many can be found on its flagship educational website, ReformJudaism.org. Watch something Jewish at https://reformjudaism.org.

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Directed by
Jeremy Shuback

Produced by
Sarah Lefton

Written by
Mark Melamut

Illustrations by
Jeanne Stern

Animations by
Regh Animation

Music by
Justus Dobrin

Narrated by
Jason Mesches

Thanks to
Barbara Barza
Jordan Gill
Richa Pokhrel

A special thanks to the creators of the photos we featured to showcase the variety and beauty of Tikkun Leil Shavuot.

A BimBam Production

Made possible with generous support from The Koret Foundation, as part of an initiative to cultivate Jewish peoplehood.

Copyright 2017 BimBam

This video uses these sounds from freesound:
Thud by juskiddink - http://freesound.org/people/juskiddink/
WalkingHome by HerbertBoland - http://freesound.org/people/HerbertBo...
Pouring Glass of Wine from Bottle by nebulousflynn - http://freesound.org/people/nebulousf...
stones falling in quarry binaural by oniwe - http://freesound.org/people/oniwe