Sivan

Jewish month

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Sivan is the ninth month of the civil year and the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar. It typically falls in May or June on the Gregorian calendar. The major Jewish holiday of Shavuot, also known as the Feast of Weeks, is celebrated on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan in the Jewish Diaspora and on the sixth day in Israel. Shavuot originally marked the beginning of the wheat harvest and was one of the three Pilgrim Festivals. It later became associated with the reception of the Torah by Moses on Mount Sinai.123

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Jewish religious year
Months and notable days
…Day of the Omer Counting) Sivan (May–June) 6, 7 Shavuot (Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost) Tammuz (June–July) 17 Fast of 17 Tammuz Av (July–August) 9 Tisha b’Av 15
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…Day of the Omer Counting) Sivan (May–June) 6, 7 Shavuot (Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost) Tammuz (June–July) 17 Fast of 17 Tammuz Av (July–August) 9 Tisha b’Av 15
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Jewish religious year
Pilgrim festivals
…or about the 6th of Sivan. Jewish sectarians, such as the Sadducees, rejected the rabbinic tradition concerning the date of the sheaf ceremony, preferring a later date, and celebrated Shavuot accordingly.
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…or about the 6th of Sivan. Jewish sectarians, such as the Sadducees, rejected the rabbinic tradition concerning the date of the sheaf ceremony, preferring a later date, and celebrated Shavuot accordingly.
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