shavuot 五旬节

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1、Shavuot五旬节　　The5thdayofSivan，fiftydaysafterPassover　　TheYomTovbeginsatsundownofthe5thdayofSivan，exactlyfiftydaysafterPassover。　　Shavuot，theFeastoftheWeeks，istheJewishholidaycelebratingtheharvestseasoninIsrael.Shavuot，whichmeans“weeks”，referstothetimingofthefestivalwhichisheldexactl

2、y7weeksafterPassover.ShavuotisknownalsoasYomHabikkurim，or“theDayoftheFirstFruits”，becauseitisthetimethefarmersofIsraelwouldbringtheirfirstharvesttoJerusalemasatokenofthanksgiving.　　ShavuotalsocommemoratestheanniversaryofthegivingoftheTenCommandmentstoMosesandtheIsraelitesatMountSin

3、ai。　　ManyofthetraditionsandcustomsofShavuothaveevolvedfromthelegendsandstoriesdescribingtheexperiencesoftheIsraelitesatMountSinai.AccordingtotraditiontheIsraelitesactuallyoversleptonthemorningofGod’svisit.Tocompensateforthisnegligence，JewsholdavigilontheeveofShavuot.Theystayawakefr

4、omdusktodawn，keepingthemselvesbusywiththereadingsoftheTorahandtheTalmud。AdigestofreadingshasevolvedcalledTikkunLeilShavuot，the“RestorationofShavuotEve，”whichincludesselectionsfromtheTorah，theProphets，theTalmud，andtheZohar。　　AnotherShavuotcustomistheeatingofdairyfoods.Oneexplanation

5、statesthatthiscomesfromapassageintheTorahwhichreads：“AndHegaveusthisland，alandflowingwithmilkandhoney”。　　AnotherexplanationcomesfromalegendstatingthatbeforethevisitfromGodtheJewsdidnotkeepkosherorfollowtheKashrutlaws.ItwasonthisfirstShavuotthattheyfoundoutthattheirutensilswerenonko

6、sherandthusunfitforuse.SofindingthemselveswithoutkoshermeatsorutensilstheIsraeliteswereforcedtoeatonlydairyfoods.TodayJewscelebrateShavuotbyeatingblintzes，cheesecake，andotherdairydishes.　　AnotherlegendtellsthestoryoftheIsraelitesfindingMountSinaibloomingandlushwithgreeneryandflower

7、s.FromthislegendgrewthecustomtodecoratetheJewishhomeandsynagoguewithtreebranchesandflowers.SometemplesdecoratetheTorahscrollswithwreathsofroses.　　中国日报网站