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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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).
Full Hallel (Hebrew: הלל שלם, romanized: Hallel shalem, lit. 'complete Hallel') consists of all six Psalms of the Hallel, in their entirety.It is a Jewish prayer recited on the first two nights and days of Pesach (only the first night and day in Israel), on Shavuot, all seven days of Sukkot, on Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, and on the eight days of Hanukkah.
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 ...
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 ...
The Jewish Encyclopedia states that during the time of the Second Temple, the festival of Shavuot received the specific name of "'Atzarta" as cited by Josephus in Antiquities of the Jews (iii. 10, § 6) and in the Talmud's tractate Pesahim (42b, 68b), signifying "the closing feast" of Passover. [6]