Looking for social media posts and large-scale slide templates for your Community Lag B'Omer and Shavuot celebrations or to wish everyone a Chag Sameach? Look no further! We created customizable templates, you can add your own logo and personalize it for your shul.

This year, Earth Day falls on the first night of Passover. During the period of the Omer, the seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot, the Conservative/Masorti Movement will be highlighting its commitment to caring for the earth through efforts by the Masorti Environmental Sustainability Initiative (MESI). Read more about this initiative and how you can get involved by clicking below.

With Earth day starting off the Omer this year, the Masorti Environmental Sustainability  Initiative has prepared the following prayer for our communities to use during the Omer, and everyday weekday services. Written by Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin and Rabbi Avram Israel Reisner, it was designed to serve as a daily expression of the Movement's commitment to the mitzvah of Yishuv Ha'olam, the imperative to preserve a habitable world. Print and share it with your communities.

Counting the Omer, Sefirat haOmer, is a daily mitzvah that begins on the second night of
Passover and lasts until Shavuot. In the Torah, Leviticus 23:10, we are commanded to bring
daily portions, the first Omer or sheaf of barley, for seven weeks for collection at the
Temple. Inspired by the mystical tradition, it has become a custom to focus on spiritual
growth during the 49 days between celebrating our liberation from slavery on Passover
and the giving of the Torah on Shavuot. Use this guide to count each day of the Omer.

Register for this free Shavuot-inspired session of the series Timely Insights, Timeless Wisdom with Dr. Benjamin Sommer, Professor of Bible and Ancient Semitic Languages, JTS

We’ve heard its stories; we’ve heard it chanted in synagogue; we’ve seen it hoisted in the air displaying handwritten ink on parchment; we’ve taken classes on it. But what, actually, is the Torah? A law code? A history book? An ancient novel? A saga? None of these categorizations quite fits. In this session, we’ll consider what defines the distinctive genre of the Torah, where this genre comes from, how it reappears in Jewish culture over the ages, and what addressing these questions can teach us about the Jewish religion.

Looking to deepen your understanding of Shavuot. Explore the many ways JTS faculty have shared their thoughts about the holiday including reflections on themes like conversion, texts like The Book of Ruth, and cantillation and nusah.