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Shavuʿot
Shavuʿot (Heb., ‘weeks’). The Jewish festival of Pentecost. The festival is celebrated on 6 Sivan (and 7 in the diaspora) and is one of the three pilgrim festivals (see Deuteronomy 16. 16). It falls fifty days after the first day of Passover, and it originally marked the end of the barley and the beginning of the wheat harvest. The first fruits were brought to the Temple (Deuteronomy 26. 1–11), and in rabbinic times the festival also became the anniversary of the giving of the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Shavuʿot." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Shavuʿot." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Shavuot.html JOHN BOWKER. "Shavuʿot." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Shavuot.html |
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Shavuot
Shavuot [Heb.,=weeks], Jewish feast celebrated on the 6th of the month of Sivan (usually some time in May) in Israel and on the sixth and seventh days in the Diaspora. Originally an agricultural festival celebrating the end of the winter grain harvest (which began at Passover), Shavuot later commemorated the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mt. Sinai. See Pentecost .
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"Shavuot." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Shavuot." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Shavuot.html "Shavuot." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Shavuot.html |
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Shavuoth
Shavuoth a major Jewish festival held on the 6th (and usually the 7th) of Sivan, fifty days after the second day of Passover. It was originally a harvest festival, but now also commemorates the giving of the Law (the Torah). The name comes from Hebrew šāḇū῾ōṯ ‘weeks’, with reference to the weeks between Passover and Pentecost.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Shavuoth." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Shavuoth." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Shavuoth.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Shavuoth." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Shavuoth.html |
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Feast of Weeks
Feast of Weeks see Shavuot . |
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"Feast of Weeks." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Feast of Weeks." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Weeks-Fe.html "Feast of Weeks." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Weeks-Fe.html |
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"Shavuoth." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Shavuoth." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Shavuoth.html "Shavuoth." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Shavuoth.html |
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