What is the purpose of Shavuot?

Answer 1

Sha·vu·ot also Sha·bu·oth

n. Judaism

A feast held on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan in commemoration of the revelation of the Law on Mount Sinai and the celebration of the wheat festival in ancient times. Also called Pentecost. shavuot

noun (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments also called feast of weeks

Answer 2

A feast held on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan in commemoration of the revelation of the Law on Mount Sinai and the celebration of the wheat festival in ancient times

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Shavuot is the fiftieth day after the passover. See Leviticus ch.23 and Deuteronomy ch.16.

On Shavuot, Jewish people have a meal with dairy products such as cheese milk cheesecake etc.

Answer 3

Shavuot is on the 6th day of Sivan (of the Jewish lunar calendar). Within Israel, the holiday is celebrated for 1 day. Outside of Israel, the holiday is celebrated for 2 days (that is, on the 6th and 7th days of the month of Sivan).

Although it falls out differently every year on the solar, secular calendar, in 2010, it falls out on the 19th (and 20th) of May. In 2011 it falls on the 8th (and 9th) of June.

But regardless of the actual date, it always falls in the spring (May/June time).

Answer 4

On Shavuot the custom is to stay up all night studying Torah to mark the date that God gave the Ten Commandments. We pray and read the Torah (Exodus 19-20), and eating dairy foods is customary.

Answer 5

1) It commemorates the date that God gave the Ten Commandments.

2) Every one of the festivals has as its purpose "remembering the Exodus from Egypt" (as stated in our prayers and the kiddush over wine).

3) In addition, Shavuot is a Thanksgiving to God for the wheat-harvest.

Answer 6

The Giving of the Torah to Moses & the Israelites.

Answer 7

People celebrate when God Gave the Jewish people the Torah.

Answer 8

Shavuot takes place 50 days after Passover. It commemorates when God Gave Moses & the Children of Israel the Torah.

Answer 9

Shavuot is the name of one of the 3 Jewish pilgrimage festivals. Shavuot means "weeks" and in English translation, the festival is sometimes called the Feast of Weeks. It occurs at the end of counting 7 weeks (49 days) from Passover, and since it occurs on the 50th day, it is also called by the Greek name Pentecost. Shavuot is a harvest festival (the winter wheat harvest) and it also remembers God's revelation at Mount Sinai. Jews traditionally read the Book of Ruth on Shavuot and also usually eat dairy foods. Modern Ashkenazic tradition associates Shavuot with cheesecake.