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Shavuoth

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Noun1.Shavuoth - (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten CommandmentsShavuoth - (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
Feast of Weeks, Shabuoth, Shavous, Shavuot, Pentecost
Judaism - the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
Jewish holy day - a religious holiday for Jews
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Pentecost, according to the history written by Luke in the book of Acts, coincided with the Jewish festival of Shavuoth.
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When one of Harvard's commencements in the 1980s inadvertently fell on the Jewish holiday of Shavuoth, the university vowed this would never happen again.
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Katz took the opportunity to note that given the large amount of families the hotel attracts for the Shavuoth holiday, Goodman will have an opportunity to meet with his single largest constituency -- Jewish kids.
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