Yeshivish glossary term
Shavuos
שבועות
Meaning
- Festival of Weeks
- festival commemorating the giving of the Torah
Alternate spellings
Shavuot, Shovuos
Usage and context
A major pilgrimage festival observed fifty days from the start of the Omer count.
- Category
- Shavuos
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
We stay up learning on Shavuos night.
Plain-English example
We stay awake studying Torah on the night of Shavuot.