Shavuot is the third of the three major pilgrimage festivals. The others are Passover and Sukkot. Shavuot is also known by different names: the Feast of Weeks, the Festival of First Fruits and the Harvest Festival. Each of these names reflects the agricultural nature of the holiday, which is celebrated in the late spring time in May or early June.
Shavuot falls on the sixth of Sivan in the Jewish calendar, seven weeks and one day after the second day of Passover. This year Shavuot falls on Thursday evening, June 8th. The Bible describes Shavuot as a one
