Shavuot (listen, from Hebrew: שָׁבוּעוֹת, romanized: Šāvūʿōṯ, lit. 'Weeks'), or Shvues (listen, in some Ashkenazi usage), is a Jewish holiday, one of...

after Israel declared independence. Erev Shavuot: 5 Sivan Shavuot: 6 (and outside Israel: 7) Sivan Shavuot (שבועות), the Feast of Weeks, is one of the...

Tuesday, May 23: Lag B'Omer Friday, June 2: Yom Yerushalayim Friday, June 9: Shavuot* Thursday, July 20: Tzom Tammuz Thursday, August 10: Tisha B'Av Wednesday...

Tikkun Leil Shavuot (Shavuot night fixing) is a study order intended for the eve of the Shavuot holiday, which includes beginnings and endings of Torah...

captivity. In the Babylonian calendar it was named Araḫ Simanu. 6–7 Sivan – Shavuot 1 Sivan (1096) – Jews in Worms, Germany were massacred as part of the Rhineland...

verbal counting of each of the 49 days between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot. The period of 49 days is known as the "omer period" or simply as "the...

raisins, or fruit preserves and then slightly sautéed. They are served on Shavuot. The word blintz in English comes from the Yiddish word בלינצע or blintse...

are especially used in synagogues and homes during the celebration of Shavuot. In the Tanakh, among the various native flowers of ancient Israel three...

sheloshim. During Shavuot, any days in observance of shiva before the start will equate to seven when the holiday begins. The first day of Shavuot equates to...

Selichot (S'lichot) Major holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Pesach Shavuot Purim Hanukkah Other religions Christianity Hinduism Islam Mormonism Samaritanism...

three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot (literally 'weeks', or Pentecost, from the Greek); and in autumn Sukkot...

studying the Torah, for example Tikkun Hoshana Rabbah and Tikkun Leil Shavuot Tikkun (film), a 2015 Israeli film Tikkun (magazine), a quarterly interfaith...

biblical times with the wheat harvest. Shavuot customs include all-night study marathons known as Tikkun Leil Shavuot, eating dairy foods (cheesecake and...

Israel, where it is traditionally served during the Jewish festival of Shavuot. Media related to Calzone at Wikimedia Commons Italy portal Food portal...

Similar to other holy days, the Jews of Habban would prepare the day before Shavuot by giving to the poor and preparing the food that would be eaten. Members...

Different expressions are used for the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot) and the other Jewish holidays. There are several greetings...

vegetable pie made with a matzo crust. A challah bread traditionally made for Shavuot by Sephardic women is siete cielos, meaning "seven heavens" in Ladino....

pilgrims from distant lands during the Three Pilgrimage Festivals: Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot. Construction on the Second Temple began in the aftermath of...

to 49th or 50th year was a deliberate attempt to parallel the fact that Shavuot is 50 days after Passover, and follows seven weeks of harvest; this parallel...

Selichot (S'lichot) Major holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Pesach Shavuot Purim Hanukkah Other religions Christianity Hinduism Islam Mormonism Samaritanism...

Selichot (S'lichot) Major holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Pesach Shavuot Purim Hanukkah Other religions Christianity Hinduism Islam Mormonism Samaritanism...

Thanksgiving Dozhinki Mid-Autumn Festival Nabanna Niiname-no-Matsuri Sukkot Shavuot Overbury, Thomas Characters: the Franklin, London, 1613 Mackie, Charles...

to tradition, Rashi was first brought to learn Torah by his father on Shavuot day at the age of five. His father was his main Torah teacher until his...

Selichot (S'lichot) Major holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Pesach Shavuot Purim Hanukkah Other religions Christianity Hinduism Islam Mormonism Samaritanism...

Selichot (S'lichot) Major holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Pesach Shavuot Purim Hanukkah Other religions Christianity Hinduism Islam Mormonism Samaritanism...

Tikkun for reading through the night of Shavuot, a popular Jewish custom from the Safed Kabbalists...

Hellenistic Judaism by Philo of Alexandria and Josephus to refer to Shavuot. In Judaism, Shavuot is a harvest festival that is celebrated seven weeks and one...

Selichot (S'lichot) Major holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Pesach Shavuot Purim Hanukkah Other religions Christianity Hinduism Islam Mormonism Samaritanism...

week before Shavuot is a unique festival celebrating the continued commitment Samaritanism has maintained since the time of Moses. Shavuot is characterized...

Selichot (S'lichot) Major holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Pesach Shavuot Purim Hanukkah Other religions Christianity Hinduism Islam Mormonism Samaritanism...