Only took until the 100th season after they moved into storied Wrigley Field, in the same year the hamburger bun was invented. Finally, in the 7,907th game the Cubs have played at this fabled intersection of Clark and Addison, they clinched a postseason series in their town, in their park, on their turf.
Pentecost. 1  1. a Christian festival occurring on Whit Sunday commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost on the apostles. 2  2. Judaism the harvest festival celebrated fifty days after the second day of Passover on the sixth and seventh days of Sivan, and commemorating the giving the Torah on Mount Sinai.
It was observed about 7 weeks or 50 days after. the start of the corn (actually barley) harvest (Deuteronomy 16:10). It became. known as Pentecost because Pentecost means ï¬ ftieth (Leviticus 23:16). c. âA holy convocationâ (Numbers 28:26). It was a day of offering sacriï¬ ces; not just a. holiday but a holy day. d. A commemoration of the giving of the Law (Exodus 19,20). Although this meaning. is not mentioned in the Scriptures, the Jewish people in the mid-12th century A.D. began to look on Pentecost as a memorial to the giving of the Law at Sinai and the.