"The #festival of #Shavuot is, in many ways, the calm, quiet relation of the #Torah prescribed #festivals.

From a Torah perspective it is simply the date, 50 days after #Pesach on which the first wheat loaves of the new season were brought to the #BeitHamikdash.

Only through a set of calculations, not specifically tied to the festival in the Torah, do we know that it occurs when #Israel experienced the #Sinaiticrevelation.

But as is so often the case in #Judaism, custom stepped in where law left a vacuum. Hence while today its key identifying practice is #Torahstudy – #TikkunLeilShavuot – on the night of Shavuot, Shavuot also has its gastronomic aspect.

Regarding #food, one of the best-known customs of Shavuot is the eating of #dairy foods at the #holiday meals or during the nighttime study sessions. #Cheesecake and cheese #blintzes have become beloved and fattening Shavuot staples in #Jewish homes for centuries. Why?"

https://www.australianjewishnews.com/food-for-torah-thought-on-shavuot/