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On June 8, we will celebrate the festival of Shavuot. What is Shavuot?
Choose the words below that make the sentences correct, and then dazzle your friends with all you’ve learned.
- Shavuot marks the day we received the (phone book/Torah) at (Mount Sinai/the library). It is one of three (harvest/birthday) festivals.
- We count the (omer/animals) for (13/49) days starting on the second day of (Chanukah/Passover).
- Shavuot was also the first day on which people could bring the Bikkurim, or the first (fruits/chocolates) to the Temple in Jerusalem.
- It is popular to serve (salty/dairy) foods such as cheesecake and blintzes.
- We also read the story of (Ruth/Esther), because it talks of the barley and wheat harvest seasons, as well as her conversion to Judaism and acceptance of the (phone book/Torah).
Answers below
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