Preparing to send a Shavuot gift?

 Flowers are the most intricate, beautiful creations.  Whether your viewing green shrubs or luscious flower gardens; it’s just heartwarming.  Thus a bouquet of fresh flowers is always appreciated by all nature lovers which includes a vast majority of people.  Most people will smile as they receive a sweet smelling bouquet, and they will spend as much time as they can ’smelling the roses’ quite literally.

Flowers play a significant role in Jewish tradition this time of year.  As the Yom Tov or Holiday of Shavuos or Shavuot draws close, many people are preparing for an abundance of blooming flowers, plants, and leaves to decorate their homes.  This practice or ‘minhag’ stems from way back to Matan Torah when the “Mountain of Sinai” bloomed overnight upon Hashem’s choice of a mountain for “Matan Torah’ - the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people. 

Yet, flowers do have a downside.  They simply die too quickly for us to really have time to appreciate its full beauty in bloom.  Some people have no issues with it and will just appreciate the bouquet as long as it is blooming.  Others will grumble as they receive the gift of flowers since they envision themselves throwing it out shortly.  Therefore many will prefer a blooming plant instead.  Plants do have a longer lifespan and are charming as well, albeit not as sweet smelling as flowers.

Of course you can also, “say it with a gift basket“.  Gift baskets come presented as beautifully as a bouquet of flowers and usually includes an array of food items and gifts.  All contents plus the container are things the recipients will enjoy.  For Shavuos gift giving you can expect a flower plant in the basket along with the traditional milchige delicacies.  Thus you may cover all grounds with one fine purchase.

So as you prepare to purchase your shavuos flower gifts, consider the recipients taste and desire!