The festival of Shavuot(help·info) (or Shavuos(help·info), in Ashkenazi usage;Shabhuʿoth in Classical and Mizrahi Hebrew Hebrew:שבועות, lit. "Weeks") is aJewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June).
Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day Godgave the Torah to the entire nation of Israel assembled atMount Sinai, although the association between the giving of the Torah (Matan Torah) and Shavuot is not explicit in the Biblical text. The holiday is one of the Shalosh Regalim, the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals. It marks the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer.

In Hasidic thought, the wordShavuot "Weeks" is interpreted as also an acronym for Shavuot, Bikkurim, Atzeret, Torah.[1]
Shavuot is one of the lesser known Jewish holidays among secular Jews in the diaspora, while those in Israel are more aware of it.[2][3]
According to Jewish law, Shavuot is celebrated in Israel for one day and in the Diaspora (outside of Israel) for two days. Reform Jews celebrate only one day, even in the Diaspora.[4]
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