Beyond “Social” Orthodoxy https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2014/06/beyond-social-orthodoxy/

June 3, 2014 | Ben Elton
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The festival of Shavuot is less for doing than for thinking about the reason for doing and the purpose of doing—that is, about God and His commandments.

Read more on Jewish Chronicle: http://www.thejc.com/judaism/judaism-features/119203/shavuot-puts-meaning-mitzvah