Shavuoth 2017 - 5777 שבועות
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 2017 falls on tuesday, the 30th of May, at sundown.
Shavuoth 2017 - 5777 שבועות
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 2017 falls on tuesday, the 30th of May, at sundown.