Shavuot

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Shavuot is a major Jewish festival that commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and marks the wheat harvest in Israel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish holiday
religious festival
alsoKnownAs Shavuot
surface form: Chag HaShavuot

Shavuot
surface form: Feast of Weeks

Shavuot
surface form: Pentecost (Jewish)
associatedConcept Torah study
acceptance of the Torah
spiritual harvest
associatedRitual Akdamut piyyut in some communities
Counting of the Omer
Yizkor memorial prayer
all-night Torah study (Tikkun Leil Shavuot)
reading of the Ten Commandments
recitation of Hallel
associatedText Ruth
surface form: Book of Ruth
biblicalSource Book of Deuteronomy
Book of Exodus
Book of Leviticus
calendar Hebrew calendar
category Agricultural festival
Biblical Jewish holiday
Religious observance in Judaism
commemorates giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai
revelation at Mount Sinai
dateDetermination end of the Counting of the Omer
fifty days after the second night of Passover
duration one day in Israel
two days in the Jewish diaspora (most communities)
halachicStatus Yom Tov (Jewish festival days)
surface form: Yom Tov
historicalPractice bringing first fruits to the Temple in Jerusalem
liturgicalReading Ruth
surface form: Book of Ruth
marks wheat harvest in Israel
month Sivan
observedBy Jews worldwide
occursAfter Passover
partOf Shalosh Regalim
Three Pilgrimage Festivals
pilgrimageDestination Jewish Temple
surface form: Jerusalem Temple (historical)
religion Judaism
symbol first fruits (bikkurim)
theme covenant between God and Israel
first fruits and harvest
revelation of the Torah
traditionalFood blintzes
cheesecake
dairy foods
typicalDate 6 Sivan (most Jewish communities)
workRestriction melacha prohibited (similar to Sabbath, with some differences)

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Jews hasMajorHoliday Shavuot
Judaism hasHoliday Shavuot
Sukkot relatedTo Shavuot
Jewish feast of Shavuot alsoKnownAs Shavuot
subject surface form: Shavuot
this entity surface form: Feast of Weeks
Jewish feast of Shavuot alsoKnownAs Shavuot
subject surface form: Shavuot
this entity surface form: Chag HaShavuot
Jewish feast of Shavuot alsoKnownAs Shavuot
subject surface form: Shavuot
this entity surface form: Pentecost (Jewish)
Jewish feast of Shavuot alsoKnownAs Shavuot
subject surface form: Shavuot
this entity surface form: Zman Matan Torateinu
Passover relatedTo Shavuot
Shavuot alsoKnownAs Shavuot
this entity surface form: Feast of Weeks
Shavuot alsoKnownAs Shavuot
this entity surface form: Chag HaShavuot
Shavuot alsoKnownAs Shavuot
this entity surface form: Pentecost (Jewish)
Karaite Jews observesHoliday Shavuot
Sivan associatedWithFestival Shavuot
Sivan associatedWithEvent Shavuot
this entity surface form: Giving of the Torah
Sivan containsFestival Shavuot
Sivan hasFestival Shavuot
Tammuz occursAfterFestival Shavuot
Yom Tov (Jewish festival days) includes Shavuot
subject surface form: Yom Tov
Samaritanism observes Shavuot
Ruth readOn Shavuot
subject surface form: Book of Ruth
Musaf recitedOn Shavuot
Machzor usedOn Shavuot
Shalosh Regalim consistsOf Shavuot
Hallel usedOn Shavuot
Three Regalim hasPart Shavuot
Weeks hasName Shavuot
this entity surface form: Feast of Weeks
Weeks hasName Shavuot
Weeks hasName Shavuot
this entity surface form: Shavuos
Lag BaOmer precedes Shavuot
Five Megillot traditionalFestival Shavuot
subject surface form: Ruth
Descent of the Holy Spirit tookPlaceAt Shavuot
this entity surface form: feast of Shavuot (Jewish Pentecost)
Jewish Canadians holiday Shavuot
Leviticus 23 listsFestival Shavuot
this entity surface form: Feast of Weeks
Samaritans majorFestival Shavuot
Three Festivals refersTo Shavuot
Three Festivals hasComponent Shavuot
Yom Tov includes Shavuot
Deuteronomy 16:9–10 givesInstructionFor Shavuot
this entity surface form: festival of Shavuot
Deuteronomy 16:9–10 relatedConcept Shavuot
this entity surface form: Feast of Weeks
Deuteronomy 16:9–10 relatedConcept Shavuot
this entity surface form: Pentecost (Jewish)