What Jewish festival occurs around the same time as Easter?

Answer 1

SHAVOUT, occurring on Sivan 6, is 50 days after the Hebrew calendar day Nisan 16.

Note the 40 days of lent has its roots in paganism, which was originally a 40-day period of weeping for Babylonian sun god, Tammuz. This practice is not Biblical.

Shavout represents a new revelation of God's will, the giving of God's Law. Leviticus 23:21 states that it will be a statute forever.

About 1491 BC, God gave the 10 Commandments to Moses on Mt. Sinai on the holy day of Shavout (Exodus 19 - 20).

Tradition says that during the night of Shavout, Heaven opens up for a brief instant, and men keep a vigil of study that evening, perhaps in hopes of seeing it.

About 33 AD, God sent the Holy Spirit on Shavout (Pentecost) thereby writing the Law on human hearts and empowering the Church to accomplish His will on Earth (2 Cor 3:3, Heb 8:10, 10:16).

Paul continues observing Shavout after Christ's ascension (Acts 20;16, 24:11, 16:8).

Answer 2

Pentecost is a Greek word meaning "50." Shavuot is a festival where 7 weeks plus 1 day are counted from the second day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the following day (the 50th day) the festival is celebrated.. Some Hebrews became "Hellenized" (Greek) and started using foreign words to refer to the moadim (appointments) of God. The word "Shavuot" means "weeks" in Hebrew.

Answer 3

The Jewish festival of Passover begins on the 15th of Nisan, which in the Gregorian calendar varies from year to year but is always somewhere between March 26 and April 25.See also:

All about Passover

Answer 4

The Jewish festival of PASSOVER occurs roughly contemporaneously with Easter because the Last Supper was a Passover Seder and, therefore, Easter moves around the Calendar to track the Passover Seder.

Answer 5

This question references the Jewish observance of Pesach (in Hebrew). Pesach is also known as Passover, commemorating the exodus of the Israelite people.

Answer 6

Shavuot. Although the question is posed backwards. Chronologically, Jews were celebrating Shavuot many centuries before the Christian holiday of Pentecost was created.

Answer 7

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