[Seph. Heb. shah-voo-awt; Ashk. Heb. shuh-voo-ohs, -uh
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| Judaism. Shavuoth. |
[Seph. Heb. shah-voo-awt; Ashk. Heb. shuh-voo-ohs, -uhs] | a festival, celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside Israel but only on the sixth day by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel, that commemorates God's giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses. |
| Sha·bu·oth (shə-vōō'ōt', -əs, shä'vōō-ôt') n. Variant of Shavuot. |
| Sha·vu·ot also Sha·bu·oth (shə-vōō'ōt', -əs, shä'vōō-ôt') n. Judaism A feast held on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan in commemoration of the revelation of the Law on Mount Sinai and the celebration of the wheat festival in ancient times. Also called Pentecost. [Hebrew šābû'ôt, pl. of šābû'a, week, from šeba', seven; see šbʕ in Semitic roots.] |