Shavuot for Hebrew Year 5640 began in the Diaspora on and ended 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Dates |
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Shavuot 1877 | 6-7 Sivan 5637 | ||
Shavuot 1878 | 6-7 Sivan 5638 | ||
Shavuot 1879 | 6-7 Sivan 5639 | ||
Shavuot 1880 | 6-7 Sivan 5640 | ||
Shavuot 1881 | 6-7 Sivan 5641 | ||
Shavuot 1882 | 6-7 Sivan 5642 | ||
Shavuot 1883 | 6-7 Sivan 5643 | ||
Shavuot 1884 | 6-7 Sivan 5644 |
This page displays the Diaspora holiday schedule. The Israel schedule is used by Jews living in modern Israel.
Torah Portion: Exodus 19:1-20:23; Numbers 28:26-31
Haftarah: Ezekiel 1:1-28, 3:12 · 29 p’sukim
Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17; Numbers 28:26-31
Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Habakkuk 3:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
Haftarah for Sephardim: Habakkuk 2:20-3:19 · 20 p’sukim
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
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