Shavuot 2018 / שָׁבוּעוֹת 5778
Shavuot (Festival of Weeks) for Hebrew Year 5778 began on in the Diaspora 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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Dates for Shavuot
Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Dates |
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Shavuot 2015 | 6-7 Sivan 5775 | ||
Shavuot 2016 | 6-7 Sivan 5776 | ||
Shavuot 2017 | 6-7 Sivan 5777 | ||
Shavuot 2018 | 6-7 Sivan 5778 | ||
Shavuot 2019 | 6-7 Sivan 5779 | ||
Shavuot 2020 | 6-7 Sivan 5780 | ||
Shavuot 2021 | 6-7 Sivan 5781 | ||
Shavuot 2022 | 6-7 Sivan 5782 | ||
Shavuot 2023 | 6-7 Sivan 5783 | ||
Shavuot 2024 | 6-7 Sivan 5784 |
Tanakh
Shavuot I
/ שָׁבוּעוֹת יוֹם א׳
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׳
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 (paid link)
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- Sefaria Tanakh
- Sefaria.org
- Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
- Jewish Publication Society
- "Shavuot" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
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

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