Kick off Shavuot with Adas YPs over dinner and learning at Il Supremo in Van Ness! We’ll gather for good food (pay your own way-style) and some bite-sized Torah that’ll get you thinking and connecting with those at your table. Then we’ll walk or Metro over to Adas together for a night of Shavuot programming, …

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6:30 pm – Pizza and hang 7:30 pm – Torah trivia (with a prize!) 8:15 pm – Jewish hot takes debate with Rabbi Amalia Mark of GatherDC, Rabbi Josh Beraha of Temple Micah, and Rabbi Aaron During Shavuot, traditionally observed by studying Torah and eating dairy, celebrate with a night of lactose and learning. Flex your knowledge during Torah trivia, …

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Welcome in Shavuot with Moishe House Columbia Heights! To commemorate the giving of the Torah, we will be giving ourselves cheesecake! Come for community, cheesecake, and lots of fun vibes (Lactaid not included!)

Join us Sunday, June 1st for our annual Tikkun Leil Shavuot, an evening of deep learning, reflection, and connection. This year, we explore the layered nature of relationships—between people, between communities, and between ourselves and the Divine. Our night begins with a panel featuring voices from technology, diplomacy, counseling, and the arts: Kate Berman, Mickie …

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Join us Shavuot night for our DC famous Jewish-Jeopardy with a Dessert bar!

Join us for a dairy Shavuot dinner before the Tikkun Leil Shavuot!  Registration is required by Sunday, May 25. Members $20  Non-members $30 Please contact Aliciar@kesher.org with any dietary concerns.

Judaism’s three major pilgrimage festivals—Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot—were times when Israelites traveled to the Temple in Jerusalem to celebrate and worship, each aligned with a key moment in the agricultural harvest. Though the pilgrimages ended after the Temple’s destruction, the festivals remain central to Jewish life, marked today by synagogue services and, in Israel, visits …

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Shavuot is the Jewish holiday when we re-accept the precious Torah with joy and excitement, celebrating with community, and of course, eating delicious dairy foods! Join for Reading of the 10 Commandments Deluxe Dairy buffet (think lasagna, eggplant parmesan, Mac n cheese, fish & more!) Ice Cream Party with all the toppings! Kids Holiday Program with prizes So much more! …

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Adults and kids alike will enjoy the Dairy Dinner Buffet - non-dairy options are available as well! We will then gather to hear the 10 commandments read from a Torah scroll, continuing the tradition of thousands of years. The children will then experience an awesome Ice Cream Party. Here's the Schedule: 5:30 p.m. - Dairy …

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Celebrate the giving of the Torah on Shavuot Hear the Ten Commandments and enjoy a delicious dairy buffet Dinner, and ice cream for the kids! Join us on Monday, June 2nd, 2025 6:00 PM  Reading of the TEN COMMANDMENTS Followed by a delicious dairy buffet dinner and Ice cream party

Shavuot celebrates Jews receiving a great book—so join Moishe House Columbia Heights at our Book Swap to receive another one! Bring a book you want to give away (or come empty handed) and leave with a new book to read.