Shavuot
noun
Sha·vu·ot
shə-ˈvü-ˌōt 
-ˌōth,
-ˌōs,
-əs
variants
or less commonly Shavuos
or Shavuoth
or Shabuoth
: a Jewish holiday observed on the sixth of Sivan and by Orthodox and Conservative Jews in the Diaspora also on the seventh of Sivan in commemoration of the revelation of the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai
called also Pentecost
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One Saturday evening in June, a hundred Currents readers crammed into a loft in Brooklyn for an all-night text study to celebrate the festival of Shavuot.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
After eight long months, her partner had taken her away for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.
—Shira Pinson, NBC News, 14 June 2024
Hopefully, the parties will reach a cease-fire deal before Netanyahu’s speech, which was rescheduled from June 13 because of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.
—Josh Rogin, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
Ben-Zaken and Schuster spoke to the New York Jewish Week on a sunny, temperate morning just a few days ahead of Shavuot — a holiday when Jews traditionally eat cheesecake and other dairy food.
—Julia Gergely, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2024
No wonder the holiday of Shavuot, unlike all other festivals, is not tied to a historical event.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2023
Just over a month ago, the Goyim Defense League reportedly dropped flyers in Peabody on the Saturday that began the Jewish holiday Shavuot, which celebrates the revelation of the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai.
—Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022
For most American Jews today, Shavuot is not exactly a big-ticket holiday.
—Laura Yares, The Conversation, 22 May 2023
The dairy component sets Shavuot apart from other Jewish holidays where meat traditionally takes center stage.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
After eight long months, her partner had taken her away for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.
—Shira Pinson, NBC News, 14 June 2024
Hopefully, the parties will reach a cease-fire deal before Netanyahu’s speech, which was rescheduled from June 13 because of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.
—Josh Rogin, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
Ben-Zaken and Schuster spoke to the New York Jewish Week on a sunny, temperate morning just a few days ahead of Shavuot — a holiday when Jews traditionally eat cheesecake and other dairy food.
—Julia Gergely, Sun Sentinel, 13 June 2024
No wonder the holiday of Shavuot, unlike all other festivals, is not tied to a historical event.
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2023
Just over a month ago, the Goyim Defense League reportedly dropped flyers in Peabody on the Saturday that began the Jewish holiday Shavuot, which celebrates the revelation of the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai.
—Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2022
For most American Jews today, Shavuot is not exactly a big-ticket holiday.
—Laura Yares, The Conversation, 22 May 2023
The dairy component sets Shavuot apart from other Jewish holidays where meat traditionally takes center stage.
—David Oliver, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
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