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No fighting on the day before Shavuot!

JL;DR SUMMARY Miriam Udel explores the tale from Zina Rabinowitz's 1958 collection, examining a conflict between cousins Raphael and Michael over the dual aspects of Shavuot. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HolidaysJewish TraditionJewish CommunityCultural IdentityDreamsShavuotBikkurimFamily DisputeZina Rabinowitz

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Jerusalem, Israel
"The Biblical Feast of Weeks is an agricultural festival commemorating the bringing of the bikkurim the first fruits of the barley harvest to the ancient Temple in Jerusalem."

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