Shavuot

• Shavuot in Hebrew means Weeks. It took seven weeks of trekking through the desert to reach Mount Sinai. It is called the “Feast of Weeks”. It is a Jewish holiday that occurs in the Hebrew month of Sivan, that is, between May 15 and June 14.

About Shavuot

• According to Bible, Shavuot marks the wheat harvest in the Land of Israel.
• Also, it commemorates the anniversary of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
• It is one of the three pilgrimage festivals of Judaism.
• It is celebrated traditionally in Land of Israel.

Significance

• At the Temple of Jerusalem, the Jewish farmers used to present their “Bikkurim” to the god.
• Bikkurim is the first ripe fruit offered in thanks to God.