Two Mountains, One Spirit: Shavuot and Pentecost in Dialogue

In their inaugural episode, Rabbi Edelstein and Anthony Cullen explore the deep biblical, spiritual, and liturgical connections between Shavuot and Pentecost—two feasts separated by tradition but united in spirit.

Listeners will journey from Mount Sinai to the Upper Room, examining how revelation, covenant, and the gift of the Spirit form a common thread across Jewish and Christian faith.

Welcome to the first episode of Faithful Friends...

Texts referenced in this episode:

• Ex. 19:16-20: (16) On the third day, as morning dawned, there was thunder, and lightning, and a dense cloud upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the horn; and all the people who were in the camp trembled. (17) Moses led the people out of the camp toward God, and they took their places at the foot of the mountain. (18) Now Mount Sinai was a ...