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02 September 2010 | 23 Elul 5770 | Nitsavim

Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)

Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai. It is one of the shalosh regalim, the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals. It marks the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer.
(Source: Wikipedia article on Shavuot)