Why Is Shavuot Called "Weeks"? The Hidden Link to the Manna

SHAVUOT — MAY 22-24

The seven weeks before Shavuot aren't a countdown. They're a re-enactment.

The Hebrew word "Omer" — the offering that opens the count — appears in only one other place in the entire Torah. And once you see where, the whole holiday changes.

Watch the 13-minute video

SHAVUOT — MAY 22-24

The seven weeks before Shavuot aren't a countdown. They're a re-enactment.

The Hebrew word "Omer" — the offering that opens the count — appears in only one other place in the entire Torah. And once you see where, the whole holiday changes.

Watch the 13-minute video

Shavuot has a strange name.

The Torah doesn't call it "Torah Day" or "Law Day" or "Sinai Day." It calls it Shavuot — literally, "Weeks."

Seven weeks of counting between Passover and the day we received the Torah. Why name a holiday after a unit of time?

The seven-week count begins with the Omer offering — a measure of grain.

The word omer (עמר) appears in only one other place in the entire Torah:

The Manna.

The bread from heaven that fell every morning during the forty years in the desert. The first portion of grain ever introduced to the people of Israel. The first time the concept of Sabbath was ever taught.

The seven weeks aren't waiting. They're a re-enactment.

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SHAVUOT — MAY 22-24

The seven weeks before Shavuot aren't a countdown. They're a re-enactment.

The Hebrew word "Omer" — the offering that opens the count — appears in only one other place in the entire Torah. And once you see where, the whole holiday changes.

Watch the 13-minute video

SHAVUOT — MAY 22-24

The seven weeks before Shavuot aren't a countdown. They're a re-enactment.

The Hebrew word "Omer" — the offering that opens the count — appears in only one other place in the entire Torah. And once you see where, the whole holiday changes.

Watch the 13-minute video

Shavuot has a strange name.

The Torah doesn't call it "Torah Day" or "Law Day" or "Sinai Day." It calls it Shavuot — literally, "Weeks."

Seven weeks of counting between Passover and the day we received the Torah. Why name a holiday after a unit of time?

The seven-week count begins with the Omer offering — a measure of grain.

The word omer (עמר) appears in only one other place in the entire Torah:

The Manna.

The seven weeks aren't waiting. They're a re-enactment.

SHAVUOT — MAY 22-24

The seven weeks before Shavuot aren't a countdown. They're a re-enactment.

SHAVUOT — MAY 22-24

The seven weeks before Shavuot aren't a countdown. They're a re-enactment.

Shavuot has a strange name.

More Shavuot content

SHAVUOT — MAY 22-24

The seven weeks before Shavuot aren't a countdown. They're a re-enactment.

SHAVUOT — MAY 22-24

The seven weeks before Shavuot aren't a countdown. They're a re-enactment.

Shavuot has a strange name.

More Shavuot content

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