Chodesh tov - Hebrew Sivan month - Rosh Chodesh Dvar Torah

Sivan is the third month of the Hebrew Calendar. The month of Sivan is most famous for the Jews receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai. It was on the 6th of Sivan that the Jews became one nation with one heart as they accepted the Torah as was related in Parshat Yitro. Every year we commemorate this event with the festival of Shavuot. The Torah mandates the seven-week Counting of the Omer, starting on the second day of Pesach and immediately followed by Shavuot. This counting of days and weeks is understood to express anticipation and desire for the Giving of the Torah. Shavuot is also called the Festival of Weeks which is related in Parshat Ki Tisa, In Parshat Re’ah it is referred as the Festival of Reaping, and in Parshat Pinchus it is named as Day of the First Fruits. The Mishnah and Talmud refer to Shavuot as Atzeret as it provides closure for the festival activities during and following the holiday of Pesach (Temurah 18b). According to Jewish tradition, Shavuot is celebrated in Israel for one day and outside of Israel for two days. We read Megillat Ruth on Shavuot, which features the story of Ruth and how the Davidic line emerged (Shabbat 113). It is customary to eat dairy foo