Weeks
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Weeks is the English name for the Jewish festival of Shavuot, which marks the completion of the seven-week counting period between Passover and the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Jewish holiday
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biblical festival → religious festival → |
| agriculturalAspect |
wheat harvest in the Land of Israel
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| associatedWith |
Book of Ruth
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Counting of the Omer → Sinai covenant → Ten Commandments → |
| biblicalCommandment |
offering of first fruits
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pilgrimage festival → |
| calendar |
Hebrew calendar
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| category |
Jewish holidays related to the Exodus
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Three Pilgrimage Festivals → |
| commemorates |
giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai
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revelation at Mount Sinai → |
| custom |
decorating homes and synagogues with greenery
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eating dairy foods → studying Torah all night (Tikkun Leil Shavuot) → |
| duration |
one day in Israel
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two days in the Jewish diaspora → |
| follows |
Passover
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| hasCountingPeriod |
forty-nine days
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seven weeks → |
| hasEtymology |
Named for the seven weeks counted from Passover
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| hasName |
Feast of Weeks
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Pentecost → Shavuos → Shavuot → Weeks → |
| linkedEvent |
Exodus from Egypt
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receiving the Torah → |
| liturgicalFocus |
reading of the Book of Ruth
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reading of the Ten Commandments → |
| liturgicalStatus |
Yom Tov
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| occursAfter |
Counting of the Omer
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| occursInMonth |
Sivan
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| origin |
biblical commandment in the Torah
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| precedes |
fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz
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| religion |
Judaism
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| scripturalSource |
Book of Deuteronomy
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Book of Exodus → Book of Leviticus → |
| theme |
Torah
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completion of spiritual preparation → covenant between God and Israel → revelation → |
| workProhibition |
forbidden as on the Sabbath, with festival exceptions
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