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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.
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 ...
Shavuot is celebrated by observant Jews as the day when the Ten Commandments were given on Mount Sinai, and next year, the holiday ends at sundown, 9:14 p.m., on June 3 — the Garden State’s ...
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 ...
Those who hear said recitation of havdalah on the day of the fast do not have to do so immediately following the fast. If a circumcision is held on the day of the fast, the mohel, the sandak and the parents of the baby mat eat after midday. If a firstborn son is redeemed on the day of the fast, the Kohen and the father of the baby mat eat after ...
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According to tradition, the Torah was given to the People of Israel in the morning of the Shavuot holiday, and the study is the preparation for the day of the Giving of the Torah. The source of the custom is the Zohar book, which was widely distributed in the thirteenth century, and since then the custom has spread to most Jewish communities. [2]