05/21/2026
Shavuot: Hearing His Voice
Written by Bracha, TJCII Israel
Shavuot is one of the appointed times established by G-d in the Torah. In the Scriptures, it is called Shavuot (Weeks), because it comes after the counting of seven weeks from Pesach.
The Torah says: “Then you are to count from the morrow after the Shabbat… seven complete Shabbatot… until the morrow after the seventh Shabbat you are to count fifty days.” — Leviticus 23:15–16 (TLV)
By the Second Temple period, many Jewish people living among the nations spoke Greek as a common language. Because of this, the feast became known in Greek as Pentēkostē, “Fiftieth,” which is where the English word “Pentecost” comes from. In Acts 2, however, this was not a separate Christian festival, but the biblical feast of Shavuot being observed in Jerusalem.
In the Torah, Shavuot is connected to harvest and pilgrimage, but within Jewish tradition it also became associated with Matan Torah—the giving of the Torah... Continue reading: https://www.tjcii.org/shavuot-hearing-his-voice/
