Shavuot - Wikipedia
WEBShavuot (listen ⓘ, from Hebrew: שָׁבוּעוֹת, romanized: Šāvūʿōṯ, lit. 'Weeks'), or Shvues (listen ⓘ, in some Ashkenazi usage), commonly known in English as the Feast of Weeks, is a Jewish holiday, one of the biblically-ordained Three Pilgrimage Festivals.
What Is Shavuot? - Chabad.org
WEBShavuot (שָׁבוּעוֹת in Hebrew, also pronounced Shavuos) is a two-day Jewish holiday (June 11-13, 2024) that commemorates the date when G‑d gave the Torah to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai over 3,000 years ago.
Shavuot 101 | My Jewish Learning
WEBShavuot is a springtime holiday that celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai. Alongside Passover and Sukkot, it is one of the three pilgrimage festivals, marked in ancient times by the gathering of the entire Israelite people at the Temple in Jerusalem.
Shavuot - The Holiday of the Giving of the Torah - Chabad.org
WEB1 day ago · Shavuot 2024 (a two-day holiday, celebrated from sunset on June 11, 2024 until nightfall on June 13, 2024) coincides with the date that G‑d gave the Torah to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai more than 3,000 years ago.
BBC - Religions - Judaism: Shavuot
WEBMay 18, 2010 · Shavuot is one of the Jewish harvest festivals, also known as the festival or feast of 'Weeks'. (The other two Jewish agricultural festivals are Passover and Sukkot .) There is no set date for...
Eleven Shavuot Facts Every Jew Should Know - Chabad.org
WEBThe holiday of Shavuot is a two-day holiday, beginning at sundown of the 5th of Sivan and lasting until nightfall of the 7th of Sivan. (In Israel it is a one-day holiday, ending at nightfall of the 6th of Sivan.) Every year on Shavuot we renew our acceptance of the Torah, and G‑d “re-gives” it to us anew.
What Is Shavuot — The Jewish Pentecost? | IFCJ
WEBJun 5, 2024 · Shavuot, the Jewish Pentecost, is a holiday that today commemorates the single most important event in Israel’s history: the giving of the Torah (the first five books in the Hebrew Bible) to Moses at Mount Sinai.
Shavuot | Definition, Meaning, & Facts | Britannica
WEB5 days ago · Shavuot, (“Festival of the Weeks”), second of the three Pilgrim Festivals of the Jewish religious calendar. It was originally an agricultural festival, marking the beginning of the wheat harvest.
Shavuot: What it is and What You Should Know | Jewish Voice
WEBMar 10, 2017 · Shavuot is one of three pilgrimage feasts that the Jewish people were commanded to observe at the Temple in Jerusalem, and it holds many points of significance. God instructed a holy gathering and declared that no regular work is to be done on Shavuot.
Shavuot (Diaspora) - Festival of Weeks - Hebcal
WEBJun 3, 2011 · The festival of Shavuot (or Shavuos, in Ashkenazi usage; Shabhuʿoth in Classical and Mizrahi Hebrew Hebrew: שבועות, lit. “Weeks”) is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June).
