Jewish feast of Shavuot

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The Jewish feast of Shavuot is a major biblical festival that celebrates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and the wheat harvest, observed seven weeks after Passover.

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Shavuot pilgrimage 2
Jewish feast of Shavuot canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical festival
Jewish holiday
Pilgrimage festival
Religious observance
alsoKnownAs Chag HaShavuot
linked to: Shavuot

Feast of Weeks
linked to: Shavuot

Pentecost (Jewish)
linked to: Shavuot

Zman Matan Torateinu
linked to: Shavuot
associatedWith First fruits (Bikkurim)
Wheat harvest in the Land of Israel
biblicalSource Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Exodus
Book of Leviticus
calendarSystem Hebrew calendar
category Shalosh Regalim
commemorates Covenant between God and Israel
Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai
Revelation at Mount Sinai
linked to: Book of Exodus
countingPrecededBy Counting of the Omer
dateInHebrewCalendar 6 Sivan
duration One day in Israel
Two days in the Jewish diaspora
halachicStatus Yom Tov
hebrewMonth Sivan
language Hebrew
liturgicalTheme Acceptance of the Torah
Revelation of the Torah
meaningOfName Weeks
observedBy Many secular Jews as a cultural holiday
Religious Jews
pilgrimageDestination Temple in Jerusalem
linked to: Jewish Temple
relatedConcept Sinai covenant
linked to: Covenant Code

Ten Commandments
religion Judaism
season Late spring
symbol Greenery and flowers in some customs
Tablets of the Ten Commandments
linked to: Ten Commandments
timeAfterPassover Fifty days
Seven weeks
traditionalFood Blintzes
Cheesecake
Dairy foods
traditionalObservance All-night Torah study (Tikkun Leil Shavuot)
Bringing of Bikkurim in Temple times
Reading of the Book of Ruth
linked to: Ruth

Recitation of Akdamut in some communities
Recitation of Hallel
workProhibition Melacha forbidden like on other festivals

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Pentecost hasOriginIn Jewish feast of Shavuot
Three Pilgrimage Festivals includesFestivalType Shavuot pilgrimage
linked to: Jewish feast of Shavuot
Three Festivals includesFestivalType Shavuot pilgrimage
linked to: Jewish feast of Shavuot