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    Shavuot (listen, from Hebrew: שָׁבוּעוֹת, romanized: Šāvūʿōṯ, lit. 'Weeks'), or Shvues (listen, in some Ashkenazi usage), is a Jewish holiday, one of...
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    Jewish holidays (redirect from Erev Shavuot)
    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • of "mending the world" Tikkun leil Shavuot refers to the all-night Torah study on the first night of Shavuot, Shavuot#All-night Torah study Tikkun (magazine)...
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    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...
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    Counting of the Omer (category Shavuot)
    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...
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  • Flowers in Judaism (category Shavuot)
    are especially used in synagogues and homes during the celebration of Shavuot. In the Tanakh, among the various native flowers of ancient Israel three...
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  • 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...
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    Blintz (category Shavuot)
    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...
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    Selichot (S'lichot) Major holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Pesach Shavuot Purim Hanukkah Other religions Christianity Hinduism Islam Mormonism Samaritanism...
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    Israel, where it is traditionally served during the Jewish festival of Shavuot. Media related to Calzone at Wikimedia Commons Italy portal Food portal...
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    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....
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    Different expressions are used for the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot) and the other Jewish holidays. There are several greetings...
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    biblical times with the wheat harvest. Shavuot customs include all-night study marathons known as Tikkun Leil Shavuot, eating dairy foods (cheesecake and...
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    pilgrims from distant lands during the Three Pilgrimage Festivals: Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot. Construction on the Second Temple began in the aftermath of...
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    Selichot (S'lichot) Major holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Pesach Shavuot Purim Hanukkah Other religions Christianity Hinduism Islam Mormonism Samaritanism...
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  • three major festivals in Judaism—two in spring; Passover, 49 days later Shavuot (literally 'weeks', or Pentecost, from the Greek); and in autumn Sukkot...
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    Selichot (S'lichot) Major holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Pesach Shavuot Purim Hanukkah Other religions Christianity Hinduism Islam Mormonism Samaritanism...
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  • 3
    stars are visible in the night sky Three Pilgrimage Festivals: Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot Three matzos on the Passover Seder table The Three Weeks, a period...
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    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...
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    Selichot (S'lichot) Major holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Pesach Shavuot Purim Hanukkah Other religions Christianity Hinduism Islam Mormonism Samaritanism...
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    week before Shavuot is a unique festival celebrating the continued commitment Samaritanism has maintained since the time of Moses. Shavuot is characterized...
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  • Selichot (S'lichot) Major holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Pesach Shavuot Purim Hanukkah Other religions Christianity Hinduism Islam Mormonism Samaritanism...
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    Tikkun for reading through the night of Shavuot, a popular Jewish custom from the Safed Kabbalists...
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    holidays by granting them a new Zionist interpretation. Examples of this are Shavuot celebrations among the workers' settlements and Purim festivities in Tel...
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  • 7th Day Sabbath – The day of rest and holiest day of the week, Saturday) Shavuot (Feast of Weeks – Wheat harvesting in Israel and the receiving of the Torah...
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    Selichot (S'lichot) Major holidays Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Pesach Shavuot Purim Hanukkah Other religions Christianity Hinduism Islam Mormonism Samaritanism...
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  • 6
    world took six days because 6 is a perfect number. The Jewish holiday of Shavuot starts on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan Seraphs have six wings...
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    holidays include ba'āl lisan (New Year in Nissan), fāsikā (Passover), mã'rar (Shavuot, lit. "harvest"), 'āl Matqe (Rosh Hashana, lit. "blowing holiday", compare...
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