Shavuot
Alternative forms
Origin
From Hebrew שבועות.
Full definition of Shavuot
Proper noun
Shavuot
(plural Shavuots)- A Jewish holiday, originally a harvest festival but also commemorating the anniversary of the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
- 1971, United States Congress: Senate: Foreign Relations, Public Financing of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty:Major Jewish holidays such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Simchat Torah, Succoth, Chanukah, Passover and Shavuot have been celebrated with Hebrew prayers and songs.
- 1975, Israel Zinberg, Old Yiddish Literature from Its Origins to the Haskalah Period:On the first day of Shavuot the Ten Commandments were explained to the people homiletically in the vernacular.
Synonyms
- (Jewish holiday) Shavuos, Feast of Weeks, Pentecost