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The Jewish Holiday of Shavuot starts tonight at 8:00 (here in Montreal, Canadia), and aside for the cheesecake binging, wine drinking, and late night bullshoving, i mean learning, I love Shavuot for one simple reason…

Shavuot celebrates the receiving of the 10 commandments, and thereby the Torah or Bible, on mount Sinai more than 3000 years ago. But this isn’t a holiday where we just commemerate an event that happened 3000 years ago, it’s a yearly reaffirmation of our commitment and acceptance of the torah.

This means that for the last 3000 years, EVERY year, millions of Jews around the world accepted G-D’s laws and teachings, committing themselves to uphold and review these texts yet again! For those of you that are unaware, the Jewish nation follows 613 laws. That’s 613 dos and don’ts that we need to keep in mind at all times.

For anyone that isn’t Jewish, your total list of laws (as listed in the bible) is 7. That’s right, 7 check em out! And if you keep your 7 you get rewarded for keeping G-D’s directive, we on the other hand have 87.6 times the amount of responsibilities. And despite that, and despite the years of anti-semitism and suffering we remain faithful and steadfast in our commitment to keeping all of G-D’s directives.

So while it may look like I’m just enjoying my wine and cheese, or a nice conversation with my new Shul-mates, what I am doing is reaffirming myself to a higher cause and accepting G-D’s will as my own, accepting the yoke of his laws on me once again…

So in a word: I’m setting myself up for failure once again!

A happy Shavuot one and all,

Splattman