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The Three Pilgrimage Festivals or Three Pilgrim Festivals, sometimes known in English by their Hebrew name Shalosh Regalim (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, romanized: šāloš 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', 'tents ...
In the 1940s, Bergstein and Shelem created a ceremony to celebrate Shavuot. The festival began with Bergstein's dance "Kumu v’Na’ale" (Let Us Arise and Ascend), which depicted the pilgrimage of the Jews who brought the Bikkurim to the steps of the Temple. [1]
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.
How do these groups celebrate Shavuot, and how do their traditions differ from rabbinic Judaism? Information, preferably backed up by literature and links, would be welcome! -- 178.24.249.140 ( talk ) 14:25, 11 May 2021 (UTC) [ reply ]
What was originally a Jewish Festival (and it remains so) occurring fifty days after the Feast of Weeks, was recognized by early Christians as the birthday of the church.
Shavuot is the only major Jewish holiday for which no calendar date is specified in the Torah; rather, its date is determined by the omer count. [ 1 ] The Counting of the Omer begins on the second day of Passover (the 16th of Nisan ) for Rabbinic Jews ( Orthodox , Conservative , Reform ), and after the weekly Shabbat during Passover for Karaite ...
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.
There, we find a biblical outline for the Jewish festival, Shavuot, or Feast of Weeks (see Leviticus 23:15-21, Numbers 28:26-31 and Deuteronomy 16:9-12). Traditionally a grain harvest festival ...