What is Shavuot?
Shavuot:1:(Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.
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About Shavuot
Shavuot is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan. The holiday is in late May or early June and commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to the Israelite nation assembled at Mount Sinai. The holiday is one of the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals in the Shalosh Regalim. It signifies the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer.
About Ten Commandments
According to the Bible, the Ten Commandments are the set of moral and habitual rules handed down directly from God to Moses at Mount Sinai.
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