Festival of Weeks

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Pentecost
gptkb:Shavuot
gptkbp:category Pilgrimage festival
Biblical feast
gptkbp:customs eating dairy foods
all-night Torah study (Tikkun Leil Shavuot)
decorating homes and synagogues with greenery
reading the Book of Ruth
gptkbp:date 6th of Sivan
gptkbp:duration one day (in Israel)
two days (in the Diaspora)
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Passover
gptkbp:holiday major Jewish holiday
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Festival of Weeks
gptkbp:observedBy Jews worldwide
gptkbp:pilgrimageSite gptkb:Temple_in_Jerusalem
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Counting_of_the_Omer
gptkbp:prohibits work (melacha)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Passover
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:scripture Deuteronomy 16:9–12
Leviticus 23:15–21
gptkbp:significance commemorates the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai
marks the end of the Counting of the Omer
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Deuteronomy_14:22–16:17
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7