Some may know this feast as Pentecost

1. Some may know this feast as Pentecost Lev 23:15 " 'From the day after the day of rest — that is, from the day you bring the sheaf for waving — you are to count seven full weeks, Lev 23:16 until the day after the seventh week; you are to count fifty days; and then you are to present a new grain offering to Adonai.

2. Act 2:1 The festival of Shavu`ot arrived, and the believers all gathered together in one place. Act 2:2 Suddenly there came a sound from the sky like the roar of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Act 2:3 Then they saw what looked like tongues of fire, which separated and came to rest on each one of them. Act 2:4 They were all filled with the Ruach HaKodesh and began to talk in different languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak. Act 2:5 Now there were staying in Yerushalayim religious Jews from every nation under heaven. Act 2:6 When they heard this sound, a crowd gathered; they were confused, because each one heard the believers speaking in his own language. Act 2:7 Totally amazed, they asked, "How is this possible? Aren't all these people who are speakingfrom the Galil? Act 2:8 How is it that we hear them speaking in our native languages?

3. What does Pentecost mean? G4005 πεντηκοστήpentēkostē pen-tay-kos-tay' Feminine of G4004;fiftieth (G2250 being implied) from Passover, that is, the festival of “pentecost”: - Pentecost.

4. Is Pentecost a new Holy Day? No

5. Some may know this feast as Pentecost Lev 23:15 " 'From the day after the day of rest — that is, from the day you bring the sheaf for waving — you are to count seven full weeks, Lev 23:16 until the day after the seventh week; you are to count fifty days; and then you are to present a new grain offering to Adonai.

6. How many times does Adonai say you must be at HIS house?

7. Exo 23:14 "Three times a year, you are to observe a festival for me.Exo 23:17 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Lord, Adonai.

8. Deu 16:16 "Three times a year all your men are to appear in the presence of Adonai your God in the place which he will choose - at the festival of matzah, at the festival of Shavu`ot and at the festival of Sukkot. They are not to show up before Adonai empty-handed,

9. Deu 16:16 "Three times a year the phrase “Three Times” appears 32 times in all of scripture. 32 is the number for heart in Hebrew

10. One of the Three "Regalim" Along with Pesach (Passover) and Sukkot, Shavuot is one of the Three "Pilgrim Festivals" on which Jewish families, especially the males. The root of the word "Regalim" is "regel," which means "foot." "Pilgrim" means one who travels; on each of these festivals, the family is expected to make the effort to travel to Yerushalayim.

11. What is Shavuot? Shavuot has three major aspects:One of the Three "Regalim"- The Holiday of First Fruits Climax of SefiratHaOmer"ZemanMatanTorateinu"- The Time of the Giving of the Torah (Next slide)

12. Exo 24:16 The glory of Adonai stayed on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moshe out of the cloud. Exo 24:17 To the people of Isra'el the glory of Adonai looked like a raging fire on the top of the mountain. Exo 24:18 Moshe entered the cloud and went up on the mountain; he was on the mountain forty days and nights.

13. "ZemanMatanTorateinu," Time of the Giving of the TorahThe Torah is the life of the Jew. Without the Torah, life would be meaningless, not only for the Jewish People, but for the whole world as well. For it can be said, from the religious perspective, and that is our perspective, that the rest of Nature exists only for the human race, Adonai’s most beloved creatures. And the human race has no purpose other than to learn from the Jewish People, who will ultimately fulfill their destiny of being "a light unto the Nations." And the light spoken of is none other than the light of Torah, Hashem's Book, which is the "Proper Study of Man."Therefore, it is obvious that the event of God's giving His holy treasure to the Jewish People was a somewhat important date (!) And yet, the Torah itself does not specify the exact date on which the Master of the Universe revealed Himself, so to speak, at Mt. Sinai, and transmitted His Law to the Jewish People and, through them, to the world at large.

14. The timing of the Feast of Shavu’ot is based on Leviticus 23:16 which points to "the morrow after the seventh sabbath" (fifty days) after the Feast of First Fruits. The Greek word Pentecost means "the fiftieth day." Since the Passover was on the 14th of Nisan, and there were three days to the Red Sea crossing, then 46 days into the wilderness, and three days of Moses' preparation, this is deemed to correspond to the 49 day interval between the Feast of First Fruits (17th of Nisan) and the Feast of Pentecost (6th of Sivan).

15. The Feast of Shav’ut is associated with the birth of Israel and the giving of the Law in Exodus 19. Thus, it is also called the Feast of Revelation. Another name for the Feast of Pentecost is Hag Ha Kazir, The Feast of Harvest, since it is celebrated at the time of the "first harvest."

16. Lev 23:20 The cohen will wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before Adonai, with the two lambs; these will be holy for Adonai for the cohen. Lev 23:21 On the same day, you are to call a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work; this is a permanent regulation through all your generations, no matter where you live.

17. Shavuot has many names. It is also know as “Hag MatanTorateinu,” meaning the Feast of the Giving of the Torah. Some call it “Chag Shavuot” which means the feast of weeks.Shavuot is a special time to rejoice in the giving of the Torah and the Giver of the Torah.

18. One way in which Shavuot differs from the other Regalim is in its length. Pesach/Hag Matzah, in the Torah (and as celebrated in Israel) is defined as a eight-day celebration. Sukkot (including ShminiAtzeret), in the Torah (and as celebrated in Israel) is defined as an eight-day holiday. Shavuot is only celebrated, again, as defined in the Torah and as celebrated in Israel, as a one-day holiday.

19. 1Pe 2:7 Now to you who keep trusting, he is precious. But to those who are not trusting, "The very stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone"; 1Pe 2:8 also he is a stone that will make people stumble, a rock over which they will trip. They are stumbling at the Word, disobeying it — as had been planned. 1Pe 2:9 But you are a chosen people, the King's Cohanim, a holy nation, a people for God to possess! Why? In order for you to declare the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1Pe 2:10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; before, you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

20. 1Pe 2:9 But you are a chosen people, the King's Cohanim, a holy nation, a people for God to possess! Why? In order for you to declare the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

21. Exo 19:1 In the third month after the people of Isra'el had left the land of Egypt, the same day they came to the Sinai Desert. Exo 19:2 After setting out from Refidim and arriving at the Sinai Desert, they set up camp in the desert; there in front of the mountain, Isra'el set up camp. Exo 19:3 Moshe went up to God, and Adonai called to him from the mountain: "Here is what you are to say to the household of Ya`akov, to tell the people of Isra'el: Exo 19:4 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Exo 19:5 Now if you will pay careful attention to what I say and keep my covenant, then you will be my own treasure from among all the peoples, for all the earth is mine; Exo 19:6 and you will be a kingdom of cohanim for me, a nation set apart.' These are the words you are to speak to the people of Isra'el.”

22. Exo 20:1 Then God said all these words: Exo 20:2 א "I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the abode of slavery. Exo 20:3 ב "You are to have no other gods before me. Exo 20:4 You are not to make for yourselves a carved image or any kind of representation of anything in heaven above, on the earth beneath or in the water below the shoreline. Exo 20:5 You are not to bow down to them or serve them; for I, Adonai your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sins of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, Exo 20:6 but displaying grace to the thousandth generation of those who love me and obey my mitzvot. Exo 20:7 ג "You are not to use lightly the name of Adonai your God, because Adonai will not leave unpunished someone who uses his name lightly. Exo 20:8 ד "Remember the day, Shabbat, to set it apart for God. Exo 20:9 You have six days to labor and do all your work, Exo 20:10 but the seventh day is a Shabbat for Adonai your God. On it, you are not to do any kind of work — not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your livestock, and not the foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property. Exo 20:11 For in six days, Adonai made heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. This is why Adonai blessed the day, Shabbat, and separated it for himself. Exo 20:12 ה "Honor your father and mother, so that you may live long in the land which Adonai your God is giving you. Exo 20:13 ו "Do not murder. Exo 20:14 (20:13) ז "Do not commit adultery. Exo 20:15 (20:13) ח "Do not steal. Exo 20:16 (20:13) ט "Do not give false evidence against your neighbor. Exo 20:17 (20:14) י "Do not covet your neighbor's house; do not covet your neighbor's wife, his male or female slave, his ox, his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

23. Final PreparationsOn the fourth day of the month, Adonai commanded that a boundary be established at the foot of the mountain, which should not be crossed all the time that Adonai's Presence would be there. To rise to the level of holiness required to hear the "Voice of God," they would need to immerse themselves and their clothes in a mikveh (a fountain used to remove ritual uncleanness).

24. On the fifth day of Sivan, Moshe rose early in the morning and built an altar of twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel. He offered sacrifices and sprinkled their blood on the altar. He read everything that was already in the Torah to the People, to ascertain their agreement, and they responded, "Everything that Hashem wants, "NaasehV'Nishma," "We will do, and afterwards we will understand!" (Shemot 24:7)

25. (Talmud, Shabbat 86b)A most puzzling thing in the Talmud's account is the fact that on the first day of Sivan--the day on which the people of Israel arrived at the place where they would receive the Torah--"Moses did not say anything at all to them, on account of their exhaustion from the journey." For six weeks the children of Israel had been eagerly awaiting the most important event in their history--their receiving of the Torah from G-d. Our sages tell us that they literally counted the days (hence our annual practice of "counting the omer" during the weeks that connect Passover to Shavuot). Does it make sense that on the very day they arrived at Mount Sinai they would do nothing at all in preparation for the great day?

26. (Talmud, Shabbat 86b)At Sinai, the divine wisdom was revealed to man. Obviously, the human mind cannot attain the divine wisdom on its own---it that must be given to it by G-d Himself. So although G-d instructed us to study His Torah, desiring that human intellect should serve as the vehicle by which we apprehend His truth, a crucial prerequisite to Torah study is the mind's total abnegation of its ego. Only after it has voided itself of all pretension that it is capable of attaining the truth of truths on its own, can the mind become a "fit vessel" to receive it. In the words of the Sages, "An empty vessel can receive; a full vessel cannot receive."So the day on which "Moses did not say anything at all to them" was an integral part of their preparations for receiving the Torah. This was the day on which they undertook the most "exhausting journey" of emptying their souls of intellectual vanity and make themselves fit receptacles of the divine truth.

27. (Exo 34:22) "Observe the festival of Shavu`ot with the first-gathered produce of the wheat harvest, and the festival of ingathering at the turn of the year.(Num 28:26) " 'On the day of the firstfruits, when you bring a new grain offering to Adonai in your feast of Shavu`ot, you are to have a holy convocation; do not do any kind of ordinary work;(Deu 16:10) You are to observe the festival of Shavu`ot [weeks] for Adonai your God with a voluntary offering, which you are to give in accordance with the degree to which Adonai your God has prospered you.(Deu 16:16) "Three times a year all your men are to appear in the presence of Adonai your God in the place which he will choose - at the festival of matzah, at the festival of Shavu`ot and at the festival of Sukkot. They are not to show up before Adonai empty-handed,(2Ch 8:13) as each day required, offering according to the mitzvah of Moshe on Shabbats, at Rosh-Hodesh and at the designated times three times a year — the festivals of Matzah, Shavu`ot and Sukkot.(Act 2:1) The festival of Shavu`ot arrived, and the believers all gathered together in one place.(Act 20:16) For Sha'ul had decided to bypass Ephesus on his voyage, in order to avoid losing time in the province of Asia, because he was hurrying to get to Yerushalayim, if possible in time to celebrate Shavu`ot.(1Co 16:8) But I will remain in Ephesus until Shavu`ot,