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Definition of Shavuot

1. Noun. (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.

Definition of Shavuot

1. Proper noun. A Jewish holiday, originally a harvest festival but also commemorating the anniversary of the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai. ¹

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Literary usage of Shavuot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Feasts and Holidays of the Bible: Feasts and Holidays of the Bible Pamphletby Rose Publishing by Rose Publishing (2004)
"Counting the days (omer) then begins and continues until the day after the seventh Sabbath, the 50th day, which is called Shavuot or Pentecost (the next ..."

2. Moon-o-theism: Religion of a War and Moon God Prophet, Volume I of IIby Yoel Natan by Yoel Natan (2006)
"Only barley and not fruit is mentioned in connection with the Shavuot. ... Shavuot is also called Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost, and occurs in the third oooc ..."

3. Wake Up the Lord Is Returning by Alf Droy (2002)
"Many other faithful Jews throughout Israel and throughout the world stay up all night reading the Torah at Shavuot. At midday on this Shavuot (2005) I ..."

4. The Jewish Trinity by Yoel Natan (2003)
"Shavuot (Pentecost, Whitsunday) occurred seven weeks after the resurrection. Yeshua's ascension occurred forty days after the resurrection (Act 01:03). ..."

5. Images of Israel by Hanan Isachar, Danny Ben-Tal, Hedva Isachar Canetti (1994)
"Above: An old tractor, bunches of hay, flowers and rejoicing children in the celebrations of the Feast of Weeks (Shavuot).at Kibbutz Ein Shemer. ..."

6. Wake Up! the Lord Is Returning by Alf Droy (2001)
"283 It is significant that Assad's life was taken from him on the Shabbat of Shavuot in the year 2000, the anniversary of the Law of Moses being given, ..."

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