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  • proper noun Alternative form of Shavuot.

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Examples

  • The Jewish festival of Shavuot (or Shavuos in the older Ashkenazi tradition) occurs exactly fifty days after the second day of Passover.

    Take the Dairy out of Shavuot Steve Carper 2008

  • Thursday was Shavuos, and Saul participated in the fun at Sinai.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Charles Statman 2009

  • Thursday was Shavuos, and Saul participated in the fun at Sinai.

    charles statman Charles Statman 2009

  • I still feel kind of off, which could be anything from my body clock still being a bit confused to Shavuos to this no-caffiene thing to not enough water, who knows.

    2005 June - Danya Ruttenberg 2005

  • I still feel kind of off, which could be anything from my body clock still being a bit confused to Shavuos to this no-caffiene thing to not enough water, who knows.

    still here, it seems - Danya Ruttenberg 2005

  • So I got some schmura matzoh from them at Passover, and tonight is the start of Shavuos, which of course I'd totally blanked on because and please, don't tell Mom I don't really keep track of that stuff.

    Pen-Elayne on the Web 2003

  • Shavuos, there would be no difference between him and all the other Joes in the street.

    Latest Articles Yated Ne'eman 2010

  • The Torah, whose giving we celebrate on Shavuos, transforms us into better and happier people, and raises our life to a different realm.

    Latest Articles Yated Ne'eman 2010

  • Chazal are teaching us that Shavuos is "chetzyo laHashem vechetzyo lochem," they are stating that we are not only frum when we learn, daven and do mitzvos bein adam laMakom.

    Latest Articles Yated Ne'eman 2010

  • [4] The seforim mention many other reasons for placing greenery on Shavuos.

    Vos Iz Neias - (Yiddish:What's News?) 2010

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