Shavuot Festival and Yizkor Service
Washington Hebrew Congregation 3935 Macomb Street NW, Washington, DC, United States +1 moreJudaism’s three major pilgrimage festivals—Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot—were times when Israelites traveled to the Temple in Jerusalem to celebrate and worship, each aligned with a key moment in the agricultural harvest. Though the pilgrimages ended after the Temple’s destruction, the festivals remain central to Jewish life, marked today by synagogue services and, in Israel, visits …