Jewish feast of Shavuot

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Biblical festival Jewish holiday Pilgrimage festival Religious observance

The Jewish feast of Shavuot is a major biblical festival that celebrates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and the wheat harvest, observed seven weeks after Passover.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Shavuot	0
Shavuot pilgrimage	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Biblical festival ⓘ Jewish holiday ⓘ Pilgrimage festival ⓘ Religious observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Shavuot ⓘ surface form: Chag HaShavuot Shavuot ⓘ surface form: Feast of Weeks Shavuot ⓘ surface form: Pentecost (Jewish) Shavuot ⓘ surface form: Zman Matan Torateinu
associatedWith	First fruits (Bikkurim) ⓘ Wheat harvest in the Land of Israel ⓘ
biblicalSource	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ Book of Exodus ⓘ Book of Leviticus ⓘ
calendarSystem	Hebrew calendar ⓘ
category	Shalosh Regalim ⓘ
commemorates	Covenant between God and Israel ⓘ Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai ⓘ Book of Exodus ⓘ surface form: Revelation at Mount Sinai
countingPrecededBy	Counting of the Omer ⓘ
dateInHebrewCalendar	6 Sivan ⓘ
duration	One day in Israel ⓘ Two days in the Jewish diaspora ⓘ
halachicStatus	Yom Tov (Jewish festival days) ⓘ surface form: Yom Tov
hebrewMonth	Sivan ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalTheme	Acceptance of the Torah ⓘ Revelation of the Torah ⓘ
meaningOfName	Weeks ⓘ
observedBy	Many secular Jews as a cultural holiday ⓘ Religious Jews ⓘ
pilgrimageDestination	Jewish Temple ⓘ surface form: Temple in Jerusalem
relatedConcept	Covenant Code ⓘ surface form: Sinai covenant Ten Commandments ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
season	Late spring ⓘ
symbol	Greenery and flowers in some customs ⓘ Ten Commandments ⓘ surface form: Tablets of the Ten Commandments
timeAfterPassover	Fifty days ⓘ Seven weeks ⓘ
traditionalFood	Blintzes ⓘ Cheesecake ⓘ Dairy foods ⓘ
traditionalObservance	All-night Torah study (Tikkun Leil Shavuot) ⓘ Bringing of Bikkurim in Temple times ⓘ Ruth ⓘ surface form: Reading of the Book of Ruth Recitation of Akdamut in some communities ⓘ Recitation of Hallel ⓘ
workProhibition	Melacha forbidden like on other festivals ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pentecost → hasOriginIn → Jewish feast of Shavuot ⓘ

Three Pilgrimage Festivals → includesFestivalType → Jewish feast of Shavuot ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shavuot pilgrimage