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
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.
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).
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.
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.
The Giving of the Torah to Moses & the Israelites.
People celebrate when God Gave the Jewish people the Torah.
Shavuot takes place 50 days after Passover. It commemorates when God Gave Moses & the Children of Israel the Torah.
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.
Shavuot is a Jewish religious holiday.
The Shavuot celebration originated in Israel and they celebrate a feast.
No. Tefillin are not worn on holidays, including Shavuot, or on the Sabbath.
Shavuot (mistranslated as Pentecost) was fifty days after the Passover. Still is.
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.
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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