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Shavuot (or Shavuos, in Ashkenazi usage; Hebrew: שבועות, lit. "Weeks") is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June). Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to the entire Israelite nation assembled at Mount Sinai, although the association between the giving of the Torah (Matan Torah) and Shavuot is not explicit in the Biblical text. The holiday is one of the Shalosh Regalim, the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals. It marks the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer.

En íntima relación con el Shabbat y, por ende, con la pauta de la Obra Creadora, la fiesta de Shavuot, celebrada siete semanas después de Pésaj, tiene una triple vocación: conmemorar el don de la Torah, recordar el milagro de la Zarza Ardiente y constituir la fecha adecuada para presentar al Santo, Bendito Sea, las primicias agrícolas. Esta pluralidad teleológica de la fiesta, estructura un conjunto tridimensional, definitorio del lugar de encuentro entre El Eterno y su pueblo. Desde la epifanía en la Zarza Ardiente, acontecimiento de orden puramente espiritual que, en la cronología, antecede a los otros dos elementos integrantes de Shavuot, hasta la presentación de los primeros frutos de la cosecha, ritual por el que se espiritualiza un hecho de índole material, se completa un ciclo cuyo punto intermedio se sitúa en la exaltación del pueblo elegido a la función sacerdotal, a través del sometimiento a la Torah. Shavuot se configura, pues, de inmediato, como la fiesta de la creación espiritual, con un acusado carácter culminativo, simbolizado, por cierto, en la ascensión al Monte Sinaí y reiterado en el cómputo del Omer. El mismo nombre de la fiesta, Shavuot, es decir, Semanas, expresa su conexión con el Shabbat y pone de manifiesto, con énfasis repetitivo, su rasgo más descollante, la potenciación del número siete, que se materializa en la Sefirat Haomer, según el mandato de Levítico XXIII,...
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As we enter into my first Shavuot, my heart ponds with excitement, why? Because this was the day HaShem saw fit to come down and visit his people, the heavens could hardy contain the glory as He spoke the Living Words to the children of Israel. In the good news we are told of the former rain an outpouring that cause the disciples of Yehoshua (Yesh ...
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R. Bechaye writes that when God's presence filled the Tabernacle, He said: "Today I am causing My Presence to rest among you; if you sin, My Presence will leave you. But when Messiah comes, My Presence will remain with you permanently. Now you see the Divine Presence through fire, but with the advent of the Messiah you will see it clearly rev ...
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Shavuot/Pentecost (Sivan 6) begins at sunset Tuesday, May 18, 2010 and concludes at sunset Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Jews around the world will celebrate Shavuot. In the Jewish calendar, a holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day, so observing Jews will celebrate Shavuot on sunset of Tuesday, the 18th of May. Shavuot is the second of the th ...
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Ingredients: Desert, Water and Fire Thought, Speech, and Action Instructions: Mix well. Blend till no lumps and smooth consistency. Whip incorporating air for lightness. This week's parsha is Bamidbar (Numbers) 1:1- 4:20 which is always read before Shavout. The giving of the Torah occurred in the desert, Bamidbar 1:1. Water is an image of Torah in ...
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Over 3000 years ago this day, the entire People of Israel stood at the foot of Mount Sinai and received the Torah. The Jewish People were the only ones to accept it willingly, declaring "We will do and then we shall listen". Date in Hebrew calendar: 6th-7th of Sivan (May-June). Scriptural references: Lev 23:16; Exodus 23:15-21; Acts Chap ...
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