Yes, you do wear white clothes on Shavuot. Those students who are participating in their confirmation ceremony should wear white, but it is not required.
In Israel, kids wear white and bring decorated baskets filled with fruit and vegetables along with a dairy treat. They wear a wreath of flowers around their heads, and sing related holiday songs and enjoy a dairy meal along with the fresh produce.
Anything modest and formal, such as a suit for men and modest dresses for women.
jews dont wear white on shavuot
No. Tefillin are not worn on holidays, including Shavuot, or on the Sabbath.
Shavuot is a Jewish religious holiday.
The Shavuot celebration originated in Israel and they celebrate a feast.
Shavuot (mistranslated as Pentecost) was fifty days after the Passover. Still is.
No. Anything dairy is traditional on Shavuot, especially blintzes.
Shavuot is recognized as a festival by all branches of Judaism, Orthodox, Reform, Conserviative. However, of the three pilgrimage festivals, it is the most frequently ignored. (Despite the good food, since cheesecake is a traditioinal food for Shavuot.) I have been to Orthodox synagogues where hardly anyone showed up for Shavuot, and I have been to Reform synagogues that were crowded on Shavuot. Even so it is probable that more Orthodox Jews take Shavuot seriously.
Yes, Shavuot is a Jewish holy day/festival (Leviticus ch.23).
The custom is not to pray all night, but to study all night. Shavuot is considered to be the anniversary of the Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Tikkun Leil Shavuot is the custom of staying up the entire night (leil) of Shavuot studying with the community in order to reexperience standing at Sinai.
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Judaism
It originated in the Jewish religion.
On Shavuot