A Yahrzeit candle is lit on the second night and many people celebrate this holiday by staying up all night and reading the Torah and Talmud to atone for a biblical instance of sleeping in.  
A Yahrzeit candle is lit on the second night and many people celebrate this holiday by staying up all night and reading the Torah and Talmud to atone for a biblical instance of sleeping in.  In addition, people eat dairy foods and the Book of Ruth is read.  Falling on the 6th of Sivan, for ten points, name this Jewish "Day of the First Fruits" and festival of the weeks that celebrates the harvest and commemorates Moses being given the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.
A Yahrzeit candle is lit on the second night and many people celebrate this holiday by staying up all night and reading the Torah and Talmud to atone for a biblical instance of sleeping in.  
Shavuot [sometimes pronounced sha-VOO-ohs]