Deconstructing Shavuot

“Blah blah blah deconstruction blah blah blah.” – A. Cretan INTRODUCTION Present times demand to dismantle the traditional jubilant celebration of the descent of the Holy Spirit that we have long regarded as the “Birthday of the Church.” Leviticus 23:15-16 reads, “Beginning with the day after the Sabbath, the day on which you bring the…