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Pilgrim Festivals
In Judaism, the festivals of Pesach (Passover), Shavuot (Pentecost), and Succoth, which together commemorate the Exodus from Egypt and the journey through the desert to Canaan, the Promised Land. The term derives from the pilgrimages made to the Temple of Jerusalem to offer sacrifices for the celebrations, until the Temple's destruction in AD 70.
Pesach celebrates the Angel of Death's passing over the Jewish houses, when the firstborn of the Egyptians were taken as punishment for killing those of the Jews; Shavuot remembers the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai; and Succoth recalls the period spent in the wilderness before reaching Canaan.
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