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==Reading Megillat Rut on Shavuot== | ==Reading Megillat Rut on Shavuot== | ||
# The Ashkenazic minhag is to read Megillat Rut on Shavuos.<ref>Birkei Yosef 694:11 quotes the midrash which says that the reason we read Rut on Shavuot is because it emphasizes the sacrifice Rut made to accept the Torah and because it describes an awesome act of kindness, which is one of the core themes of Torah. | # The Ashkenazic minhag is to read Megillat Rut on Shavuos.<ref>The Rama 490:9 writes that the minhag is to read Megillas Rut on Shavuot. The Birkei Yosef 694:11 quotes the midrash which says that the reason we read Rut on Shavuot is because it emphasizes the sacrifice Rut made to accept the Torah and because it describes an awesome act of kindness, which is one of the core themes of Torah. | ||
* See [http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/734733/Rabbi_Aryeh_Lebowitz/Ten_Reasons_to_Read_Rus_on_Shavuos Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz] for Ten Reasons to Read Rus on Shavuos. </ref> | |||
==Eating Dairy on Shavuot== | ==Eating Dairy on Shavuot== | ||
