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Shavuos and Megillat Ruth: Serenity, Not Passion

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27 May 2009
Shavuot
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SerenityRav Kook asks: why don’t we read Shir HaShirim on Shavuot? Shavuot is a Yom Tov of serenity, not a passionate drama, more in line with Megillat Ruth.

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