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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: 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
March 28-April 3, 2021/ March 28-April 4, 2021 Passover: Public holiday in Israel. One of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals. 16-20 Nisan (1-day communities) / 17-20 Nisan (2-day communities) March 29-April 2, 2021 / March 31-April 2, 2021 Chol HaMoed Pesach: Public holiday in Israel. Movable April 3, 2021 Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach: 21 Nisan April ...
The Hebrew calendar (Hebrew: הַלּוּחַ הָעִבְרִי ), also called the Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of Jewish holidays and other rituals, such as yahrzeits and the schedule of public Torah readings.
Gratitude, finding joy in blessings of sustenance, and in the guidance, wisdom of religious traditions are essential components of Jewish spirituality The three-week Jewish holiday season ...
The modern Hebrew calendar has been designed to ensure that certain holy days and festivals do not fall on certain days of the week. As a result, there are only four possible patterns of days on which festivals can fall. (Note that Jewish days start at sunset of the preceding day indicated in this article.)