Shavuot 2018 / שָׁבוּעוֹת 5778

Shavuot (Festival of Weeks) for Hebrew Year 5778 began on Saturday, 19 May 2018 in the Diaspora and ended on Monday, 21 May 2018.

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

Tanakh

Shavuot I / שָׁבוּעוֹת יוֹם א׳
Sunday, 20 May 2018 / 6 Sivan 5778

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 II / שָׁבוּעוֹת יוֹם ב׳
Monday, 21 May 2018 / 7 Sivan 5778

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17; Numbers 28:26-28:31

• 1: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 (5 p'sukim)
• 2: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 (3 p'sukim)
• 3: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 (5 p'sukim)
• 4: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 (4 p'sukim)
• 5: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 (5 p'sukim)
• maf: Numbers 28:26-31 (6 p'sukim)

Haftarah: Habakkuk 3:1-19

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

Rabbi Michael Strassfeld

Sefaria Tanakh

Sefaria.org

Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures

Jewish Publication Society

"Shavuot" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

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Books