Why do Jews celebrate pentecost?

Answer 1

Jews celebrate Shavuot because the Torah commands it (Leviticus ch.23). It was the day when Moses received the gift of the Torah/ten commandment on mount Sinai and they also celebrated it because of its harvest. This holiday has nothing to do with the Christian holiday of Pentecost.

Answer:

In Judaism, Pentecost is known as Shavuot. It commemorates when God Gave the Torah to Moses & the Children of Israel.

Answer 2

A:Yes. The Jewish Pentecost, also known as Shavuot, has striking similarities to the Christian Pentecost, but commemorates an earlier event, the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai. It takes place fifty days after Passover, just as the Christian Pentecost takes place fifty days after Easter. Numbers 11:25 tells us that on that occasion, the spirit of God came down on the seventy elders and they began to prophesy in ecstasy, just as Acts chapter 2 tells of the Holy Spirit coming down on those in the upper room and they spoke in tongues as the spirit gave them the utterance. There are enough parallels to suggest the Christian Pentecost story was inspired by the Jewish one.

Answer 3

We celebrate Shavuot, not pentecost. Shavuot is the fiftieth day of the counting of the Omer, occurring seven weeks after Passover (Leviticus ch.23), and marks the Hebrew date (6 Sivan) on which God gave the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai (see Exodus ch.19-20).

The celebration of Shavuot for religious Jews involves staying up late at night to read and study Torah in anticipation of the Torah's arrival. In Israel, many secular Jews have a family meal together instead or in addition to the study-session, with an emphasis on foods using dairy. This tradition does not exist among Diaspora Jewish communities.

Answer 4

That is not a Jewish word. Rather, we have a festival (Leviticus ch.23, Deuteronomy ch.16) called Shavuot, in the early summer, fifty days after Passover (ibid).
On the evening of Shavuot the custom is to stay up all night studying Torah to mark the date that God gave the Ten Commandments. During services, special Torah-portions are read. At home, a dairy meal is customary, in addition to the regular festival meals.
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Answer 5

No, Easter is a Christian festival not recognized by the Jewish faith.

Answer 6

Pentacost is a Christian observance that is not a part of Judaism and therefore not observed by Jews.

Answer 7

No. Jews celebrate Shabbat every week. Pentecost is the Christian name for the Jewish Holiday of Shavuot and and Christian holiday that falls roughly around the same time.

Answer 8

No, there's no such word in Judaism. We celebrate Shavuot once a year, which some mistranslate as Pentecost.

Answer 9

Pentecost is in Christianity.

Answer 10

First, Pentecost (aka Shavuot or the Feast of Weeks) is one of the 3 annual pilgrimage festivals of the Jewish year. Observance of Shavuot is included in the festival calendars in the Torah. Every adult Jew was expected to travel to Jerusalem on each of these festivals. Shavuot seems to have originated as the celebration of the winter wheat harvest, as well as a way to remember the giving of the Torah at Mount Siani. Jews traditionally celebrate Pentecost with dairy foods. Cheesecake, blintzes, and similar foods are traditional. In addition to food, the evening service is shortened (all festival evening services are abbreviated), and the morning service is expanded with Hallel (the psalms of praise) and a reading of the Book or Ruth. To the extent that Jews have adopted a confirmation celebration, something more common among Reform Jews than Orthodox, confirmation is frequently celebrated on Shavuot.