Weeks

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Weeks is the English name for the Jewish festival of Shavuot, which marks the completion of the seven-week counting period between Passover and the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.

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Weeks canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish holiday
biblical festival
religious festival
agriculturalAspect wheat harvest in the Land of Israel
associatedWith Book of Ruth
Counting of the Omer
Sinai covenant
linked to: Mosaic covenant

Ten Commandments
biblicalCommandment offering of first fruits
pilgrimage festival
calendar Hebrew calendar
category Jewish holidays related to the Exodus
Three Pilgrimage Festivals
commemorates giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai
revelation at Mount Sinai
custom decorating homes and synagogues with greenery
eating dairy foods
studying Torah all night (Tikkun Leil Shavuot)
duration one day in Israel
two days in the Jewish diaspora
follows Passover
hasCountingPeriod forty-nine days
seven weeks
hasEtymology Named for the seven weeks counted from Passover
hasName Feast of Weeks
linked to: Shavuot

Pentecost
Shavuos
linked to: Shavuot

Shavuot
Weeks
linkedEvent Exodus from Egypt
receiving the Torah
liturgicalFocus reading of the Book of Ruth
reading of the Ten Commandments
liturgicalStatus Yom Tov
occursAfter Counting of the Omer
occursInMonth Sivan
origin biblical commandment in the Torah
precedes fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz
religion Judaism
scripturalSource Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Exodus
Book of Leviticus
theme Torah
completion of spiritual preparation
covenant between God and Israel
revelation
workProhibition forbidden as on the Sabbath, with festival exceptions

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Shavuot meaningOfName Weeks
subject linked to: Jewish feast of Shavuot
Weeks hasName Weeks