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Shavuot is harvest time (Exodus 23:16), and the events of Book of Ruth occur at harvest time. [54] Because Shavuot is traditionally cited as the day of the giving of the Torah, the entry of the entire Jewish people into the covenant of the Torah is a major theme of the day.
The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Three Pilgrim Festivals, sometimes known in English by their Hebrew name Shalosh Regalim (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, romanized: šālōš rəgālīm, or חַגִּים, ḥaggīm), are three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot (literally 'weeks', or Pentecost, from the Greek); and in autumn Sukkot ('tabernacles ...
An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man in Israel harvests wheat ahead of the holiday of Shavuot. AP Photo/Ariel SchalitThe festival of Shavuot, marked this year on June 5 and 6, celebrates the biblical ...
The major obligation to bring Bikkurim to the Temple began at the festival of Shavuot and continued until the festival of Sukkot. [3] The fruits were limited to Seven Species grown in the Land of Israel , such as dried figs , grapes and raisins , pomegranates , barley , wheat and dates , etc., [ 4 ] [ 5 ] although one rabbi assumes that apart ...
The name "Tikkun Leil Shavuot" comes from the Zohar book, where the Aramaic word "tikkun" appears, which in Hebrew means "adornment". The idea is that the people who recite the "tikkun" are the groomsmen who adorn the bride-the Torah, during the night, in preparation for her entering the wedding canopy the next morning, at the time of the reading of the Ten Commandments.
Rabbinic Jews avoid celebration of Shavuot on the day after the Sabbath (the first day of the week). However, Haymanot and Karaite Jews celebrate this holy day according to Scriptural mandate on the day after the Sabbath. This Sunday celebration, in Christian tradition, is calculated as 50 days after Easter (inclusive of Easter Day).
(Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and the week between them are known as the Ten Days of Repentance.) Hoshana Rabbah, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah then culminate the process with open celebration and festivity with joyous prayers, festive meals, and dancing, with the Torah scrolls held as the center of attention during the hakafot in the ...
Shavuot by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim. In many Jewish communities, there is a custom to decorate homes and synagogues with flowers on Shavuot. Some synagogues decorate the bimah with a canopy of flowers and plants reminiscent of a ḥuppah, as the giving of the Torah is metaphorically seen as a marriage between the Torah and the people of Israel. [8]