Shavuot 1779 / שָׁבוּעוֹת 5539

Festival of Weeks ⛰️🌸

Shavuot for Hebrew Year 5539 began in Israel 🇮🇱 on Thursday, 20 May 1779 and ended on Friday, 21 May 1779.

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 / שָׁבוּעוֹת
Israel only
Friday, 21 May 1779 / 6 Sivan 5539

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

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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