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.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shavuot canonical | 40 |
| Feast of Weeks | 5 |
| Pentecost (Jewish) | 3 |
| Chag HaShavuot | 2 |
| Giving of the Torah | 1 |
| Shavuos | 1 |
| Zman Matan Torateinu | 1 |
| feast of Shavuot (Jewish Pentecost) | 1 |
| festival of Shavuot | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T30447 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shavuot Context triple: [Jews, hasMajorHoliday, Shavuot]
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A.
Sukkot
Sukkot is a week-long Jewish harvest festival and pilgrimage holiday commemorating the Israelites’ dwelling in temporary shelters after the Exodus from Egypt.
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B.
Passover
Passover is a major Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt, marked by ritual meals, storytelling, and the avoidance of leavened bread.
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C.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival, marking the beginning of the High Holy Days with prayer, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar.
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D.
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a solemn fast day devoted to repentance, prayer, and reflection, marking the holiest date in the Jewish calendar.
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E.
Shabbat
Shabbat is the Jewish weekly day of rest and spiritual renewal, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening with prayer, festive meals, and abstention from work.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shavuot Target entity description: 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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A.
Sukkot
Sukkot is a week-long Jewish harvest festival and pilgrimage holiday commemorating the Israelites’ dwelling in temporary shelters after the Exodus from Egypt.
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B.
Passover
Passover is a major Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt, marked by ritual meals, storytelling, and the avoidance of leavened bread.
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C.
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year festival, marking the beginning of the High Holy Days with prayer, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar.
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D.
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement, a solemn fast day devoted to repentance, prayer, and reflection, marking the holiest date in the Jewish calendar.
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E.
Shabbat
Shabbat is the Jewish weekly day of rest and spiritual renewal, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening with prayer, festive meals, and abstention from work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| 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) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shavuot Description of subject: Shavuot is a major Jewish festival that commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai and marks the wheat harvest in Israel.
Referenced by (55)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Aliyah la-regel