Shavuot / שָׁבוּעוֹת
Festival of Weeks ⛰️🌸
Shavuot for Hebrew Year 5782 begins in the Diaspora at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .
The festival of Shavuot (or Shavuos, in Ashkenazi usage; Shabhuʿoth in Classical and Mizrahi Hebrew Hebrew: שבועות, lit. "Weeks") is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (late May or early June). Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day G-d gave the Torah to the entire Israelite nation assembled at Mount Sinai, although the association between the giving of the Torah (Matan Torah) and Shavuot is not explicit in the Biblical text. The holiday is one of the Shalosh Regalim, the three Biblical pilgrimage festivals. It marks the conclusion of the Counting of the Omer.
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Dates for Shavuot
| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shavuot 2021 | 6-7 Sivan 5781 | ||
| Shavuot 2022 | 6-7 Sivan 5782 | ||
| Shavuot 2023 | 6-7 Sivan 5783 | ||
| Shavuot 2024 | 6-7 Sivan 5784 | ||
| Shavuot 2025 | 6-7 Sivan 5785 | ||
| Shavuot 2026 | 6-7 Sivan 5786 | ||
| Shavuot 2027 | 6-7 Sivan 5787 | ||
| Shavuot 2028 | 6-7 Sivan 5788 |
Tanakh
Shavuot I / שָׁבוּעוֹת א׳
Torah Portion: Exodus 19:1-20:23; Numbers 28:26-31
- 1: Exodus 19:1-6 · 6 p’sukim ·
- 2: Exodus 19:7-13 · 7 p’sukim ·
- 3: Exodus 19:14-19 · 6 p’sukim ·
- 4: Exodus 19:20-20:14 · 20 p’sukim ·
- 5: Exodus 20:15-23 · 9 p’sukim ·
- maf: Numbers 28:26-31 · 6 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: Ezekiel 1:1-28, 3:12 · 29 p’sukim
Shavuot II / שָׁבוּעוֹת ב׳
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17; Numbers 28:26-31
- 1: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim ·
- 2: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim ·
- 3: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim ·
- 4: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim ·
- 5: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim ·
- maf: Numbers 28:26-31 · 6 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: Habakkuk 3:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
Shavuot II (on Shabbat) / שָׁבוּעוֹת יוֹם ב׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17; Numbers 28:26-31
- 1: Deuteronomy 14:22-29 · 8 p’sukim ·
- 2: Deuteronomy 15:1-18 · 18 p’sukim ·
- 3: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim ·
- 4: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim ·
- 5: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim ·
- 6: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim ·
- 7: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim ·
- maf: Numbers 28:26-31 · 6 p’sukim ·
Haftarah: Habakkuk 3:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- Sefaria Tanakh
- Sefaria.org
- Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
- Jewish Publication Society
- "Shavuot" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
Every Person's Guide to Shavuot
by Ronald H. Isaacs
How To Celebrate Shavuot At Home
by Abraham J. Karp
Sammy Spider's First Shavuot
by Sylvia A. Rouss