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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.
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∙ 12y agoShavuot, or the Festival of Weeks, marks God's presentation of the law to Moses on Mount Sinai; observant Jews commemorate God's gift by studying the Torah, often in all-night sessions.
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∙ 9y agoA wave-offering was made in the Temple in ancient times (Leviticus ch.23).
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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.
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What are two different events celebrated on shavuot?
The wheat harvest and the Giving of the Torah.
What is the name of the festival that celebrated the gathering of wheat harvest?
Feast of Weeks (Shavuot)
Which Jews celebrate the biblical holiday of Shavuot?
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.
What hapns in Shavuot?
Shavuot is one of the three annual Jewish pilgrimage festivals. Before the year 70, all Jews were commanded to go to the Temple in Jerusalem for these festivals. Shavuot is also called Pentecost because it occurs 50 days after Passover, and it is called the Feast of Weeks. Shavuot is a harvest festival (the winter wheat harvest), and it commemorates the revelation of the Torah to Moses at Mount Sinai. In addition to the festival liturgy, Shavuot is frequently observed by eating dairy meals -- lots of cheese dishes and cheesecake, and by all-night Torah study sessions. In modern times, the Reform movement has created confirmation ceremonies on Shavuot honoring students who have continued their religious education beyond bar mitzvah age.
What was the difference between Jews before pentecost and after pentecost?
Prior to Shavuot, which the Christians often mislabel as Pentecost, Jews were in the Omer or Harvest Season. It is typically seen as a time of lament in Judaism and happy activities, such as weddings, haircuts, parties, and similar are not performed. After Shavuot, these activities resume.
Why do Jews believe in Pentecost?
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.
How can Christians celebrate shavu'ot?
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.
Which event do Jews remember when celebrating passover?
During the passover festival, the Jews remember their exodus from Egypt.
Why do people celebrate Shavuot?
Because that is when the Jews got the Torah from God at Mount Sinai. The observance of Shavuot is a Torah-mitzva (Leviticus ch.23, Deuteronomy ch.16).
When do Jews celebrate Shavuot?
The date on the Jewish calendar is 6th of Sivan. How this correlates with the Gregorian Calendar depends on the year.If Passover falls early, such as will happen in 2015, the holiday of Shavuot, signalling the end of the Omer and the celebration of receiving the Torah, will happen towards the end of May. However, Shavuot can fall instead in the beginning of June if Passover comes late, such as will happen in 2016.
What is the historical and agricultural significance of the holiday Shavuot?
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.
What country did Shavuot originate from?
Shavuot is a Jewish religious holiday.
