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Rabbeinu Tam (and many other Rishonim) say that there are two times called "sundown": Pesachim describes the actual sundown (four mil before nightfall), while Shabbat 34b describes a time 3/4 mil before nightfall. [1] These lead to different opinions on the length of bein hashemashot. According to the Geonim, nightfall is 13½-18 minutes after ...
Shavuot is harvest time (Exodus 23:16), and the events of Book of Ruth occur at harvest time. [54] Because Shavuot is traditionally cited as the day of the giving of the Torah, the entry of the entire Jewish people into the covenant of the Torah is a major theme of the day.
Numbers 29:23-25 if Shabbat falls out on the fourth day of Chol Hamoed. Numbers 29:26-28 if Shabbat falls out on the fifth day of Chol Hamoed. Note: Shabbat Chol Hamoed cannot fall out on the first or third day of Chol Hamoed. Haftarah: Ezekiel 38:18–39:16 Hoshana Rabbah Readings 1-4: Numbers 29:32-34 (This reading is repeated 4 times)
From the time of the early Church, the practice of seven fixed prayer times has been taught, which traces itself to the Prophet David in Psalm 119:164. [6] In Apostolic Tradition, Hippolytus instructed Christians to pray seven times a day, "on rising, at the lighting of the evening lamp, at bedtime, at midnight" and "the third, sixth and ninth hours of the day, being hours associated with ...
Entering Jewish Prayer, Reuven Hammer (ISBN 0-8052-1022-9) Kavvana: Directing the Heart in Jewish Prayer, Seth Kadish, Jason Aronson Inc. 1997. ISBN 0-7657-5952-7. Or Hadash: A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom for Shabbat and Festivals, Reuven Hammer, The Rabbinical Assembly and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism; S. Baer.
In Exodus 23:16, the holiday of Shavuot is called the "feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours (Heb. bikkurei maasecha)", testifying to the link between bikkurim and this holiday, at which time summer fruit was beginning to ripen and bikkurim were brought. Leviticus 2:14 describes the omer offering, brought on Passover, as bikkurim ...
Shalom Aleichem (Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם, 'Peace be upon you') is a traditional song sung by many Jews every Friday night upon returning home from synagogue prayer. It signals the arrival of the Shabbat, welcoming the angels who accompany a person home on the eve of the Shabbat.
Shavuot is the only major Jewish holiday for which no calendar date is specified in the Torah; rather, its date is determined by the omer count. [1] The Counting of the Omer begins on the second day of Passover (the 16th of Nisan) for Rabbinic Jews (Orthodox, Conservative, Reform), and after the weekly Shabbat during Passover for Karaite Jews ...