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Shavuot.

A Jewish harvest festival which falls on the sixth day of Sivan in the spring, fifty days after the second day of the Passover when the omer (“sheaf of barley”) is offered.

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name/ʃɑvuˈoʊt/General-American/ʃævuˈɒt/Received-Pronunciation/ʃəˈvuːəs//ʃəˈvuːɪs/
  1. A Jewish harvest festival which falls on the sixth day of Sivan in the spring, fifty days after the second day of the Passover when the omer (“sheaf of barley”) is offered.

    Judaism
  2. A ceremony held on that day to commemorate the giving of the Torah (“first five books of the Hebrew scriptures”) to Moses and the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

    Judaism
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת (shavu'ót).

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