Israelis celebrating the upcoming Jewish holiday of Shavuot, in Moshav Yashresh, May 29, 2025. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90
Shavuot, also known as the Feast of Weeks, is one of the three major pilgrimage festivals in Judaism, along with Passover and Sukkot. It is biblically described as an agricultural festival marking the end of the grain harvest. Key scriptural references for Shavuot include Exodus 23:16: “You shall keep the Feast of Harvest, the first fruits of your labor, of which you sow into the field.” Other passages in Numbers 28 and Leviticus 23 emphasize that Shavuot commemorates the end of the grain harvest and includes offerings and a day of rest dedicated to the Lord.
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