What date is Shavuot? Don't reach for your calendar; instead look at the original source, the Torah. Pesach is on 15 Nissan, Rosh Hashana is on 1 Tishrei, Yom Kippur is on 10 Tishrei, Sukkot is on 15 Tishrei - but you won't find a date for Shavuot. Instead, there is the strange 49-day countdown to Shavuot that begins on Pesach. The problem is -- when do we start counting? The answer is far from simple, so -- hold the cheesecake -- as Rabbi Dunner takes you on a guided tour of one of the oldest controversies of Judaism. And at least one thing is guaranteed -- Shavuot will never be the same again!
