Shavuot
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Shavuot
from Hebrew shābhū`ōth , plural of shābhūā` week
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From Demeter mourning Persephone to the harvest holidays of Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot, we’ve always marked time through the land.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025
The attacked happened on the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2025
Local media said the incident occurred as people in the settlement of Teneh Omarim were gathering for prayers for the Jewish Shavuot festival.
From Reuters ● May 26, 2023
Another similarity is each religion has a celebration 50 days later — Pentecost for Christians and Shavuot for Jews.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
She and Ivan had gotten too rambunctious practicing with the weapons Kin had given them inside her barn just after this year’s Shavuot, and they’d knocked all the tools off the walls.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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