Greeting: Chag Sameach (“hahg sah-MAY-ahkh”) or Happy Holiday
Shavuot (the Festival of Weeks) combines two major religious observances:
Agricultural: early summer wheat harvest; one of the three biblical pilgrimage festivals (along with Passover and Sukkot), when Israelite males were commanded to appear before God in Jerusalem, bringing offerings of the first fruits of their harvest.
Historical: the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai seven weeks after the exodus from Egypt. It falls on the 50th day after Passover, concluding the counting of the Omer.
The Jewish Calendar The Jewish calendar is both solar and lunar, consisting of 12 months of either 29 or 30 days. The Jewish year (5784, 5785, etc.) begins on Rosh […]