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1) -

Why is the date for the Yom Tov of Shavuos left ambiguous in the Torah?

1. Yosef Da'as to Shabbos 87:p4, end of citation "ששי שהוא שביעי"

ZEMAN MATAN TORASEINU

2) Off by One Day? -

The Torah tells us to observe Shavuos on Day 50 from the Omer (which nowadays is 6 Sivan). But the Gemara (Shabbos 86b, 87b) implies that the Torah was only given on Day 51 - which to one opinion was 7 Sivan! As such, how do we refer to Shavuos as "Zeman Matan Toraseinu"?

ATZERES

3) -

Chazal refer to Shavuos as "Atzeres." What is the source for this name? What does it represent in the cycle of the Mo'adim?

YOM HA'BIKURIM

4) -

Why does the Torah refer to Shavuos as "Yom ha'Bikurim" (Bamidbar 28:26)?

SHAVUOS

5) -

Why does the Torah call this Yom Tov, "your Shavuos" (Bamidbar 28:26)?

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