Shavuot 2230 / שָׁבוּעוֹת 5990

Festival of Weeks ⛰️🌸

Shavuot for Hebrew Year 5990 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

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Dates
Shavuot 2227 6-7 Sivan 5987
Shavuot 2228 6-7 Sivan 5988
Shavuot 2229 6-7 Sivan 5989
Shavuot 2230 6-7 Sivan 5990
Shavuot 2231 6-7 Sivan 5991
Shavuot 2232 6-7 Sivan 5992
Shavuot 2233 6-7 Sivan 5993
Shavuot 2234 6-7 Sivan 5994

Tanakh

This page displays the Diaspora holiday schedule. The Israel schedule is used by Jews living in modern Israel.

Shavuot I / שָׁבוּעוֹת א׳

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

  1. 1: Exodus 19:1-6 · 6 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 19:7-13 · 7 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 19:14-19 · 6 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 19:20-20:14 · 20 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 20:15-23 · 9 p’sukim
  6. 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. 1: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim
  2. 2: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim
  6. maf: Numbers 28:26-31 · 6 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Habakkuk 3:1-19 · 19 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: Habakkuk 2:20-3:19 · 20 p’sukim

Megillah
  1. 1: Ruth 1:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
  2. 2: Ruth 2:1-23 · 23 p’sukim
  3. 3: Ruth 3:1-18 · 18 p’sukim
  4. 4: Ruth 4:1-22 · 22 p’sukim

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shavuot” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
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