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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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....

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

with major events in rural life: Passover with the birthing of lambs, Shavuot with the cereal harvest, and Sukkot with the fruit harvest. These probably...

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