Shavuot 5783: Akdamut Milin
🌾 The medieval Ashkenazi piyut for the first day of Shavuot survived against the odds through a combination of emotional resonance, historical significance, folk legend, and communal minhag.
Welcome to the first holiday edition of Stories from Jewish History! This new monthly feature for paid subscribers goes out near the first of the Hebrew month. Each issue will explore an upcoming holiday in historical perspective. Today, we’re looking at Shavuot and the story of its long-surviving piyut (in the Ashkenazi rite) called Akdamut Milim.
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