Shavuot : Celebration of Covenant with God Shavuot, the 'Festival of Weeks', is the second of the three major festivals (Passover being the first and Sukkot the third), celebrating harvest season in Israel. Shavuot, which means 'weeks', refers to the timing of the festival, which is held exactly seven weeks after Passover (the 'Omer' period). https://www.boloji.com/articles/669/shavuot-celebration-of-covenant-with-god