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Shavuot
Shavuot (or Pentecost) is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan – usually late May or early June. It was on this day that the Ten Commandments were revealed to Moses at Mount Sinai.
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Why do you pray all night on Shavuot?
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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.
What did the Jewish people do in Passover Shavuot Rosh Hashana Yom Kippur and Succot festivals?
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The same as what they still do.
- On Rosh Hashanah, the shofar (ram's horn) is blown, to mark the beginning of the Jewish year.
- Yom Kippur is a fast day on which Jews pray for forgiveness for all their sins. No eating, drinking, or bathing is allowed. Wearing leather shoes is also prohibited.
- On Pesach leavened bread, cakes, pasta etc. are forbidden and unleavened Matzah is substituted. Passover begins with the Seder-meal commemorating and retelling the story of the Exodus. Matzah and ceremonial foods are eaten at the Seder. See the attached Related Link.
- On Shavuot the custom is to stay up all night studying Torah to mark the date that God gave the Ten Commandments.
- On Sukkot Jews eat all their meals in outdoor arbor-canopied booths (Sukkah) in order to commemorate the Israelites' wanderings in the desert. Some will also sleep in the Sukkah. During the morning prayers on these days, we take the 4 minim consisting of a Lulav (young palm branch), an Etrog (Citrus Medica; citron), three Haddassim (Myrtle branches) and two Aravot (willow branches).
- On Hanukkah the 8-branched menora is lit in the home; on the first night one candle, on the 2nd night 2 candles, until all 8 candles are lit on the 8th night.
- On Purim the story of Esther is read from a Megillat-Esther scroll and food baskets are given to friends and charity to the poor.
What is the historical and agricultural significance of the holiday Shavuot?
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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.
How can Christians celebrate shavu'ot?
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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.
What is akdamut on shavuot?
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It's an Aramaic prayer/poem we read before reading the Torah.
Are there any special foods or blessings in the shavuot?
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Dairy foods are customary.
What are two different events celebrated on shavuot?
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The wheat harvest and the Giving of the Torah.
What country did Shavuot originate in?
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The Shavuot celebration originated in Israel and they celebrate a feast.
Why is Shavuot so important?
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In the Jewish traditioin, Shavuot, also known as the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost, is one of the 3 pilgrimage festivals mandated in the festival calendars of the Torah (Exodus 23:16, Exodus 34:22, Numbers 28:26, Deuteronomy 16:10). The Torah describes it as a harvest festival for which special offerings were to be made, but it is also considered a commemoration of the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. In addition to the usual festival liturgy, Shavuot is traditionally celebrated with a reading of the Book of Ruth, with all-night Torah study, and with dairy foods -- notably things like cheesecake.
I have to give a Drash about anything i find interesting for shavuot any suggestions?
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Sure. The best suggestion we can offer is:
-- Think about Shavuot for a few minutes, and zero in on something you find interesting.
Nobody else can tell you what that is.
-- Consult a few s'forim, popular publications, or even the commentary in a Chumash,
and look for a few comments on the detail that interests you. You're sure to find a lot
of good, meaty material on-line too.
-- After reading up for a while, take a good long walk, without the ipod or the cellfone,
in a place with trees if there's one nearby. Just stroll, look around, and think about
what you've read. A new angle is sure to occur to you, guaranteed.
-- Do it now. because time is getting short.
-- Good luck & yasher koach.
Why is Jewish holiday of Passover and the festival of first fruits the same day?
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They aren't the same day. The Festival of First Fruits is Shavuot, a completely different holiday from Pesach.
When did the Shavuot first start being celebrated?
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Seven weeks after the Exodus from Egypt.
Why do Jewish people celebrate the giving of the Torah on Shavuot when in Exodus it is declared a harvest festival?
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The name 'Shavuot' means 'weeks' in reference to the completion of the seven week counting period between Passover and Shavuot. Shavuot is primarily the anniversary of the giving of the Torah (Teachings) to the Jews.
Additionally, Shavuot is when we celebrate the first fruits of the season and the wheat harvest. As such, Shavuot has two other names in the Tanach (Jewish Bible): Yom Habikurim (Day of the First Fruits) and Chag HaKatzir (Harvest Holiday).
Please see the related articles for more information.
Answer:
Every one of our festivals has more than one name and purpose. Each of them has as its purpose "remembering the Exodus from Egypt" (as stated in our prayers and the kiddush over wine). In addition, Passover is a thanksgiving to God for the barley-harvest, Shavuot is a thanksgiving to God for the wheat-harvest, and Sukkot is a thanksgiving to God for the ingathering of grain.
Shavuot also celebrates the Giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, and Sukkot commemorates God having protected us in the wilderness.
It may also be noted that it is instinctive and a moral and emotional need to celebrate in front of God every so often. This was Cain's motivation in making his offering in Genesis ch.4 without having been commanded.
Had God not given us the Torah-festivals listed above, we might instinctively seek out those of the Canaanites, which the Torah warns against (Exodus 34:15) immediately before listing the Jewish festivals (in the following verses).
Which of these holidays celebrates the presentation of the ten commandments by god to the Hebrew people?
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Shavuot "sha-VOO-ote" in Hebrew. The word means "Weeks", probably because of
the holiday's timing: It's the only holiday in the Torah without a date of its own,
defined only as commencing seven weeks after the beginning of Passover.
In 2011, Shavuot begins at sunset on Tuesday, June 7.
What two things did the Jews celebrate at pentecost?
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The Giving of the Torah & the First Fruits.
What is special about Pentecost?
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For Jewish people Pentecost(more commonly known as Shavuot) celebrates God Giving the Jewish people the Torah.
For Christian people it is when God Gave them the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.
For both peoples, it signifies the birthdays of their religions.
How are shavuot sukkot and pesach connected?
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These moadim (appointmented times) of God reflect the story of Moshe (Moses) and the Israelites.
Pesach is the 1st festival of the calendar. It is the day when God passed over the homes of those who put the blood of the pesach on the doors. The pesah is a sacrifice of a 1 year old male lamb.
Shavuot is the end of the counting from the days after Pesach for 7 weeks plus 1 day. On that 50th day is the festival of Shavuot (weeks). 2 loaves of bread and various sacrifices were offered. This is the day that God gave the people the 10 commandments.
Sukkot is a week spent in foliage-covered booths. This is a remembrance of the 40 years of wandering the wilderness the people had to do after given the 10 commandments.
Can you wear tefillin on Shavuot?
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No. Tefillin are not worn on holidays, including Shavuot, or on the Sabbath.
Can you use electronics on shavuot?
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No, you can't use electronics BUT as Shavuos is what is called a Yom Tov - festival it is more lenient than Shabbos and you may cook from an existing flame ... so if you left your oven on a time switch you would be able to cook in it on Shavuot
What are shavout prayers?
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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. 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, as well as an insert for the festival in the Amidah (the central prayer of the morning service) and the addition of a special Musaf serevice, which is a second Amidah said after the Torah reading. The Torah reading for Shavuot includes the ten commandments from Exodus. The Haftarah reading is Ezekiel's vision. For those who celebrate a second day, the Deuteronomy version of the Ten Commandments is read, along with Habakkuk's vision.
