The Three Gates of the World
(Boards: Kalender - Shtetl-Tradition-Heimat)
"The Jewish year is punctuated by three pilgramage festivals: Passover or Pesach (the spring freedom festival and barley harvest), Shavuot (first fruits, covenant, and the Giving of the Torah), and Sukkot (the final harvest festival). Each one of this lends is character to the seasons. Arthur Waskow, for example notes that Passover represents birth, Shavuot represents marriage and commitment, and Sukkot represents maturity"
Rabbi Dr. Jill Hammer, The Jewish Book of Days. A Companion for All Seasons
