On Shavuot, the holiday honoring the receiving of the Torah at Sinai, we make an exception to the general rule of the rabbis that holiday joy requires meat and wine. This is the time of year that pulls out the dairy recipes.

One of the many reasons offered for this tradition on Shavuot is that after receiving the Torah, the Jewish people could not eat meat products immediately, since the meat they had was not prepared in accordance with the newly-given laws of animal slaughter, leaving them with only dairy products to eat on the day of revelation.
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