Devarim Chapters 26-29:8   Mount Eyval   Apart from Mount Sinai, the other mountains mentioned in the Torah were Mount Eyval and Mount Gerizim on the West Bank of the river Jordan, in the land of Canaan. The first time they're mentioned is in Devarim Chapter 11 verse 29 . The Torah commanded the children of Israel that when they crossed the river Jordan, they would split into two groups one standing on the top of Mount Eyval and the other on Mount Gerizim . The priests in t

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The festival of of Shavuot (AKA Pentecost) which falls on next Monday, and Tuesday for the Diaspora, marks the 49 days or seven weeks from Passover.