B. Many Israelis, and in particular those from North Africa, celebrate by spraying each other with water or having water balloon fights. This comes from the Talmudic comparison of the Torah to water, because both are life-sustaining.

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E. One community of Israelis has celebrated Shavuot by holding a festival in the desert known as the Pashut Festival. Pashut is the Hebrew word for simple, but it also means undressed. The Festival is attended by nudists who are invited to celebrate the holiday in an invitation which reads, “Let us shed our masks, limiting beliefs, mental blocks and release the shame and guilt that are attached so strongly to our bodies.”

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