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Shavuot In the Temple Era |
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Rabbi Mendy Elishevitz
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THE FESTIVAL OF SHAVUOTH, although a
one-day festival, really began with the conclusion of the first day of
Passover, some fifty days earlier. On that second day of the Passover
festival, the new barley crop was first harvested and offered in the
Holy Temple. On Shavuoth the wheat harvest was celebrated by the
harvestng and bringing of the new wheat crop to the Holy Temple, where
it was prepared and used in the baking of the two special Shavuoth
loaves. Likewise, pilgrims brought the firstfruits from their own
fields and orchards, of the seven fruits of the land of Israel
mentioned in Deuteronomy: Figs, grapes, dates, pomegranates, olives,
wheat and barley. Despite being at the height of the growing season,
when the physical demands upon farmers was great, the pilgrims joyfully
gathered their firstfruit offerings, and set out for Jerusalem and the
Holy Temple.
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