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    8 fun facts about Shavuot
    Viva Sarah Press
    • May 18, 2018
    • 3 min

    8 fun facts about Shavuot

    Eight facts about the holiday of Shavuot: 1. Shavuot, which means “Festival of Weeks,” is just one name for the holiday. It also goes by Harvest Festival (Chag HaKatzir), Day of the First Fruits (Yom Habikurim), The Stoppage/Restrain (Atzeret – a reference the sages use to highlight the prohibition against work on this day), and Time of the Giving of the Torah (Z’man Matan Torah). 2. Shavuot commemorates the day when the Israelites received the Torah during their desert wande

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