“The period from Passover to Shavuot is a time of great anticipation. We count each of the days from the second day of Passover to the day before Shavuot, 49 days or 7 full weeks, hence the name of the festival. See The Counting of the Omer. Shavuot is also sometimes known as Pentecost, because it falls on the 50th day. The counting reminds us of the important connection between Passover and Shavuot: Passover freed us physically from bondage, but the giving of the Torah on Shavuot redeemed us spiritually from our bondage to idolatry and immorality.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/holidayc.html”
Celebrating the giving of Torah is a tradition not given in the Law.
Deuterocanonical? That's good PR spin but it cant change the apocrypha into part of “all Scripture”.
Great points.
Thx.