Shavuot / שָׁבוּעוֹת

Shavuot (Festival of Weeks) for Hebrew Year 5781 begins in the Diaspora at sundown on Sunday, 16 May 2021 and ends at nightfall on Tuesday, 18 May 2021.

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 2020	Thu, May 28	Sat, May 30	6-7 Sivan 5780
Shavuot 2021	Sun, May 16	Tue, May 18	6-7 Sivan 5781
Shavuot 2022	Sat, Jun 4	Mon, Jun 6	6-7 Sivan 5782
Shavuot 2023	Thu, May 25	Sat, May 27	6-7 Sivan 5783
Shavuot 2024	Tue, Jun 11	Thu, Jun 13	6-7 Sivan 5784
Shavuot 2025	Sun, Jun 1	Tue, Jun 3	6-7 Sivan 5785
Shavuot 2026	Thu, May 21	Sat, May 23	6-7 Sivan 5786
Shavuot 2027	Thu, Jun 10	Sat, Jun 12	6-7 Sivan 5787
Shavuot 2028	Tue, May 30	Thu, Jun 1	6-7 Sivan 5788
Shavuot 2029	Sat, May 19	Mon, May 21	6-7 Sivan 5789
Shavuot 2030	Thu, Jun 6	Sat, Jun 8	6-7 Sivan 5790

Tanakh

Shavuot I / שָׁבוּעוֹת יוֹם א׳

Torah Portion: Exodus 19:1-20:23; Numbers 28:26-28:31

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

Shavuot / שָׁבוּעוֹת

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Dates for Shavuot

Tanakh

Shavuot I / שָׁבוּעוֹת יוֹם א׳

Shavuot II / שָׁבוּעוֹת יוֹם ב׳

Shavuot II (on Shabbat) / שָׁבוּעוֹת יוֹם ב׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)

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