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... Shavuot , is considered an on- going process which recurs whenever a commitment is made to Torah study . An important aspect of sabbath and festival observance is sanctification . The sabbath and festivals sanctified the Jews more than ...
... Shavuot , is considered an on- going process which recurs whenever a commitment is made to Torah study . An important aspect of sabbath and festival observance is sanctification . The sabbath and festivals sanctified the Jews more than ...
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... Shavuot ( Feast of Weeks , or Pente- cost ) , and Sukkot ( Tabernacles ) ; and the High Holi- days : Rosh Hashana ( New Year ) and Yom Kippur ( Day of Atonement ) . In common , their observance is required by the Torah and work is ...
... Shavuot ( Feast of Weeks , or Pente- cost ) , and Sukkot ( Tabernacles ) ; and the High Holi- days : Rosh Hashana ( New Year ) and Yom Kippur ( Day of Atonement ) . In common , their observance is required by the Torah and work is ...
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... Shavuot ( Feast of Weeks , or Pentecost ) . Originally an agricultural festival marking the wheat harvest , Shavuot commemorates the revelation of the Torah at Sinai . Shavuot ( " weeks " ) takes its name from the seven weeks of grain ...
... Shavuot ( Feast of Weeks , or Pentecost ) . Originally an agricultural festival marking the wheat harvest , Shavuot commemorates the revelation of the Torah at Sinai . Shavuot ( " weeks " ) takes its name from the seven weeks of grain ...
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