Jews celebrate Shavuot because the Torah commands it (Leviticus ch.23). It was the day when Moses received the gift of the Torah/ten commandment on mount Sinai and they also celebrated it because of its harvest. This holiday has nothing to do with the Christian holiday of Pentecost.
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In Judaism, Pentecost is known as Shavuot. It commemorates when God Gave the Torah to Moses & the Children of Israel.
We celebrate Shavuot, not pentecost. Shavuot is the fiftieth day of the counting of the Omer, occurring seven weeks after Passover (Leviticus ch.23), and marks the Hebrew date (6 Sivan) on which God gave the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai (see Exodus ch.19-20).
The celebration of Shavuot for religious Jews involves staying up late at night to read and study Torah in anticipation of the Torah's arrival. In Israel, many secular Jews have a family meal together instead or in addition to the study-session, with an emphasis on foods using dairy. This tradition does not exist among Diaspora Jewish communities.
That is not a Jewish word. Rather, we have a festival (Leviticus ch.23, Deuteronomy ch.16) called Shavuot, in the early summer, fifty days after Passover (ibid).
On the evening of Shavuot the custom is to stay up all night studying Torah to mark the date that God gave the Ten Commandments. During services, special Torah-portions are read. At home, a dairy meal is customary, in addition to the regular festival meals.
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No, Easter is a Christian festival not recognized by the Jewish faith.
Pentacost is a Christian observance that is not a part of Judaism and therefore not observed by Jews.
No. Jews celebrate Shabbat every week. Pentecost is the Christian name for the Jewish Holiday of Shavuot and and Christian holiday that falls roughly around the same time.
No, there's no such word in Judaism. We celebrate Shavuot once a year, which some mistranslate as Pentecost.
First, Pentecost (aka Shavuot or the Feast of Weeks) is one of the 3 annual pilgrimage festivals of the Jewish year. Observance of Shavuot is included in the festival calendars in the Torah. Every adult Jew was expected to travel to Jerusalem on each of these festivals. Shavuot seems to have originated as the celebration of the winter wheat harvest, as well as a way to remember the giving of the Torah at Mount Siani. Jews traditionally celebrate Pentecost with dairy foods. Cheesecake, blintzes, and similar foods are traditional. In addition to food, the evening service is shortened (all festival evening services are abbreviated), and the morning service is expanded with Hallel (the psalms of praise) and a reading of the Book or Ruth. To the extent that Jews have adopted a confirmation celebration, something more common among Reform Jews than Orthodox, confirmation is frequently celebrated on Shavuot.
The Giving of the Torah & the First Fruits.
In Christianity, the holiday known as Shavuot is called 'Pentecost.' While Jews celebrate God Giving them the Torah on Shavuot, Christians celebrate God Sending them the Holy Spirit on Pentecost.
No. Pentecost is a Christian-exclusive holiday.
some Christians
On Pentecost
Because on Pentecost, we celebrate the Coming Of the Holy Spirit, so on the following Sunday, we celebrate all 3 Divine Persons of the Holy Trinity.
Not only Jews celebrate penticost christians do too.Anyway the reason we celbrate penticost is it's 50 days after Jesus died on the cross.Jewish AnswerWe don't celebrate Pentecost. The holiday we observe is Shavuot, this holiday celebrates the anniversary of the day HaShem gave us the Torah. The two holidays fall around the same time of year.
Almost all Jews celebrate Hanukkah.
They don't. Jews believe that Jews should celebrate Hanukkah.
Yes only Jews people
They recognize it, revere it, and acknowledge it's reality, but don't celebrate it in the sense of outwardly expressed traditions.
All Orthadox Jews Celebrate Chanukkah, almost all non-Orthodox Jews also celebrate it as well.