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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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 - freesound.org/people/juskiddink/
WalkingHome by HerbertBoland - freesound.org/people/HerbertBo...
Pouring Glass of Wine from Bottle by nebulousflynn - freesound.org/people/nebulousf...
stones falling in quarry binaural by oniwe - freesound.org/people/oniwe