Shavuot 4961 / שָׁבוּעוֹת 8721

Festival of Weeks ⛰️🌸

Shavuot for Hebrew Year 8721 begins in the Diaspora at sundown on Tuesday, 23 June 4961 and ends at nightfall on Thursday, 25 June 4961.

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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Shavuot I / שָׁבוּעוֹת א׳
Wednesday, 24 June 4961 / 6 Sivan 8721

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׳
Thursday, 25 June 4961 / 7 Sivan 8721

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

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