Shavuot Research Paper

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What is Shavuot
• Shavuot is one of the three biblical pilgrimage
• 6th or 7th day of Sivan which is fifty days after the second day of Passover which is the celebration for when the Jews escaped slavery Egypt.
• The Torah is associated with the grain harvest.
• The festival of Shavuot I celebrated on the 6th or 7th day of Sivan
How do they celebrate Shavuot?
• celebrate Shavuot is by abstaining from work and attending synagogue services and readings are recited:
• a liturgical poem called Akdamut.
• study Torah all night; this practice is called Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Symbols
• Bikkurim which means the fruits harvested during the festival.
• Torah the book of is the reference of the religious Judaic tradition.
• Shavuot

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