And It Came to Pass the Day of Shavuot

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 77:7

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"And it came to pass the day" (1 Samuel 1:4). Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi says: This refers to the day of Shavuot [the Feast of Weeks, when Elkanah went up to offer his sacrifice].

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