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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Weeks canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish holiday
ⓘ
biblical festival ⓘ religious festival ⓘ |
| agriculturalAspect | wheat harvest in the Land of Israel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Book of Ruth
ⓘ
Counting of the Omer ⓘ Mosaic covenant ⓘ
surface form:
Sinai covenant
Ten Commandments ⓘ |
| biblicalCommandment |
offering of first fruits
ⓘ
pilgrimage festival ⓘ |
| calendar | Hebrew calendar ⓘ |
| category |
Jewish holidays related to the Exodus
ⓘ
Three Pilgrimage Festivals ⓘ |
| commemorates |
giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai
ⓘ
revelation at Mount Sinai ⓘ |
| custom |
decorating homes and synagogues with greenery
ⓘ
eating dairy foods ⓘ studying Torah all night (Tikkun Leil Shavuot) ⓘ |
| duration |
one day in Israel
ⓘ
two days in the Jewish diaspora ⓘ |
| follows | Passover ⓘ |
| hasCountingPeriod |
forty-nine days
ⓘ
seven weeks ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | Named for the seven weeks counted from Passover ⓘ |
| hasName |
Shavuot
ⓘ
surface form:
Feast of Weeks
Pentecost ⓘ Shavuot ⓘ
surface form:
Shavuos
Shavuot ⓘ Weeks self-link ⓘ |
| linkedEvent |
Exodus from Egypt
ⓘ
receiving the Torah ⓘ |
| liturgicalFocus |
reading of the Book of Ruth
ⓘ
reading of the Ten Commandments ⓘ |
| liturgicalStatus | Yom Tov ⓘ |
| occursAfter | Counting of the Omer ⓘ |
| occursInMonth | Sivan ⓘ |
| origin | biblical commandment in the Torah ⓘ |
| precedes | fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Book of Deuteronomy
ⓘ
Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Leviticus ⓘ |
| theme |
Torah
ⓘ
completion of spiritual preparation ⓘ covenant between God and Israel ⓘ revelation ⓘ |
| workProhibition | forbidden as on the Sabbath, with festival exceptions ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shavuot