Shovuos

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A form of 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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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Shavuot.

    Pesach began as an observance of the coming of spring. Like the holiday of Shovuos, it is a season of the grain harvest.

    1994 March 25, Alan Koshar, “Passover: Greatest and oldest of Jewish festivals”, in Napa Valley Register, 131st year, number 225, Napa, Calif., →OCLC, page 3D, column 2
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    Next Sunday is termed, according to the Jewish law, the “Feast of Weeks.” It is in commemoration of the anniversary of the giving of the law on Mount Sinia,^([sic]) and is known in Hebrew as Shovuos Sunday.

    1899 May 13, “Will Be Strengthened in the Hebrew Faith: Thirty-Nine Applicants to Be Confirmed. […]”, in The San Francisco Call, volume LXXXV, number 164, San Francisco, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 1

    On the second evening of Shovuos, they gather to read the Psalms, for it is believed that King David, who is said to have written some of them, died on the second day of Shovuos.

    1941, Mamie G[oldsmith] Gamoran, “Shovuos: After Seven Weeks”, in Days and Ways: The Story of Jewish Holidays and Customs (Union Graded Series), Cincinnati, Oh.: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, →OCLC, page 159

    Tomorrow, 9 a.m., commence festival of Shovuos at 9:05 p.m. Sunday, first day of Shovuos, service at 9 a.m., light festival candle at 9 p.m. Monday, second day of Shovuous, 9 a.m.

    1985 May 24, “Synagogue services”, in Staten Island Advance, volume 100, number 21,617, Staten Island, N.Y.: Advance Publications, →OCLC, page B 10, column 5
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