Shavuot
Ruth in Boaz's Field
Official name	Hebrew: שבועות or חג שבעותcode: he is deprecated (Ḥag HaShavuot or Shavuot)
Also called	English: "Festival of Weeks"
Observed by	Judaism and Jews
Type	Jewish
Significance	One of the Three Pilgrim Festivals. Celebrates the revelation of the Five Books of the Torah (or Old Testament of the Christian Bible) by God to Moses and to the Israelites at Mount Sinai, 49 days (7 weeks) after the Exodus from Egypt. Commemorates the wheat harvesting in the Land of Israel. Culmination of the 49 days of the Counting of the Omer.
Begins	6th day of Sivan (or the Sunday following the 6th day of Sivan in the Karaite tradition)
Ends	7th (in Israel: 6th) day of Sivan
Celebrations	Festive meals. All-night Torah study. Recital of Akdamut liturgical poem in Ashkenazic synagogues. Reading of the Book of Ruth. Eating of dairy products. Decoration of homes and synagogues with greenery (Orach Chayim, 494).
Related to	Passover, which precedes Shavuot

Shavuot, or Shavuos in Ashkenazic usage, is a holiday celebrated by Jewish people. They celebrate it to remember the day God gave the Torah to the entire nation of Israel assembled at Mount Sinai. The holiday association between the giving of the Torah (Matan Torah) and Shavuot is not explicit in the Biblical text.