Tag: shavuot?
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Shavuot on May 14, 1948? :: By Randy Nettles
On November 29, 1947, the General Assembly of the United Nations endorsed a plan to create separate Jewish and Arab states in Palestine. The British mandate over Palestine was scheduled to end on May 15, 1948, at which time the British troops would be evacuating the area. It had been in effect since 1920. See Mandate for…
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Did the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai occur on Shavuot?
by Saber Truth Tiger In Exodus chapters 19 and 20 we read of the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai. Many believe this momentous event occurred during the first week of Sivan, the third month in the Hebrew calendar (see Exodus 19:1). Many Je…