Shavuoth, Harvest time - שבועות, זמן הקציר
The photo is part of my photographic exhibition featuring 21 laminated panels. The images of the exhibit represent the symbols of Jewish festivals throughout the year.
The exhibition has been shown in various places.
See on flickr : "Light and Tradition"
www.flickr.com/photos/studiodobs/albums/72157689952244162
"And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of round where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together".
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Gulliver's Travels
Shavuoth, (Hebrew: שבועות, lit. "Weeks"), known as the Feast of Weeks in English and as Pentecost (Πεντηκοστή) in Ancient Greek, is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan.
Shavuoth has a double significance. It marks the all-important wheat harvest in the Land of Israel (Exodus 34:22) and commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to the entire nation of Israel assembled at Mount Sinai.
The holiday is one of the Shalosh Regalim, the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals. It marks the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer, and its date is directly linked to that of Passover.
This counting of days and weeks is understood to express anticipation and desire for the giving of the Torah.
On Passover, the people of Israel were freed from their enslavement to Pharaoh, on Shavuot they were given the Torah and became a nation committed to serving God.
Shavuoth in 2018 falls on Saturday, Shabath, the 19th of May, at sundown.
Shavuoth, Harvest time - שבועות, זמן הקציר
The photo is part of my photographic exhibition featuring 21 laminated panels. The images of the exhibit represent the symbols of Jewish festivals throughout the year.
The exhibition has been shown in various places.
See on flickr : "Light and Tradition"
www.flickr.com/photos/studiodobs/albums/72157689952244162
"And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of round where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together".
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Gulliver's Travels
Shavuoth, (Hebrew: שבועות, lit. "Weeks"), known as the Feast of Weeks in English and as Pentecost (Πεντηκοστή) in Ancient Greek, is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan.
Shavuoth has a double significance. It marks the all-important wheat harvest in the Land of Israel (Exodus 34:22) and commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to the entire nation of Israel assembled at Mount Sinai.
The holiday is one of the Shalosh Regalim, the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals. It marks the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer, and its date is directly linked to that of Passover.
This counting of days and weeks is understood to express anticipation and desire for the giving of the Torah.
On Passover, the people of Israel were freed from their enslavement to Pharaoh, on Shavuot they were given the Torah and became a nation committed to serving God.
Shavuoth in 2018 falls on Saturday, Shabath, the 19th of May, at sundown.