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On the Web
- The Karaite Korner - Shavuot - Karaite explanation of the holiday of Shavuot
- Celebrate with JOI: Shavuot - The Jewish Outreach Institute Shavuot page, with stories, explanations of the traditions and links.
- The OU.ORG Shavuot Celebration - Print, audio, even video, about the holiday of Shavuot, the giving of the Torah, and the Book of Ruth. Both introductory and advanced level.
- Shavuot on the Net - Information about the holiday of Shavuot, the holiday honoring the giving of the Torah.
- Shavuot Journal from the VBM - Collection of articles in philosophy and Halakha, about the holiday of Shavuot, from the faculty of Yeshivat Har Etzion. Level: Advanced
- Shavuot - Meaning and observances of the Feast of Weeks, from a Karaite perspective.
- Greetsomeone.com - Send virtual Shavuot egreetings from Greetsomeone.com
- Shavuot - Commemorating the Giving of the Torah ! - Chabad Lubavitch Maryland Region's area dedicated to the holiday of Shavout.
- VirtualShavuot.com - How to celebrate, say, pray, listen, decorate and eat on Shavuot, plus the Ten Commandments, multi-level study, stories, recipes and kids area
- The Prophet Habakkuk - Rabbinic traditions about the prophet, including his apocryphal interactions with Daniel in the lions' den.
Wikipedia Articles
- Shavuot - Shavuot (Ashkenazi pronunciation: Shavuos, Hebrew: שבועות; literally, "Feast of Weeks") is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June). It marks the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer and the day the Torah was given to ...
- Counting of the Omer - Counting of the Omer (or Sefirat Ha'omer, Hebrew]: ספירת העומר) is a verbal counting of each of the forty-nine days between the [[Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot. This mitzvah derives from the Torah commandment to count forty-nine days beginning from the day on which the Omer, a sacrifice containing an omer-measure of barley, was offered in the Temple in Jerusalem, up until the day before an offering of wheat was brought to the Temple on Shavuot.
- High Sabbaths - High Sabbaths refer to the annual festivals recorded in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy. Rather than the weekly seventh day Sabbath, these days of the Festivals of Unleavened Bread or Passover (Pesach), Pentecost (Shavuot), Atonement (Yom Kippur), Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah), and Tabernacles (Sukkoth) may fall on various other days of the week.
- Hagigah - ("Festival Offering") deals with the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot) and the pilgrimage offering that men were supposed to bring in Jerusalem. 3 chapters.
- Matan - Matan (מַתָּן) is a Hebrew name, mostly for boys, coming from the word 'gift' and literally means "giving". It is part of the title of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot that is also known as "Z'man Matan Torah" meaning the "time [of the] giving [of the] Torah.