The ערוך השלחן ס' תצ"ד
writes:
" The Torah calls the Yom Tov "שבועות" because
of the שבעה שבועות we counted to reach this Yom Tov. "
The Minhag in many German
Kehilos was to bake for שבועות
a seven-layer cake for the seven weeks we counted.
The Sefer יוסף אומץ ס'
תתנ"ד writes the Minhag was to make a cake/kugel in the shape of a
seven-rung ladder. The reason
for it is because,
during Matan Torah, Hashem tore open all 7 heavens to show that אין עוד מלבדו.
tractate Shabbat, page 89A:
ReplyDeleteRabbi Chisda and Rabah son of Rabbi Huna both taught:
Why was Mount Sinai called by that name?
From that mountain, the hate of
the Gentiles [for the Jews] came down.
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QUESTION:
The Talmud teaches that the events of Mount Sinai
caused the Gentiles to hate the Jews. But WHY?
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