Shavuot 2253 / שָׁבוּעוֹת 6013

Festival of Weeks ⛰️🌸

Shavuot for Hebrew Year 6013 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 2250 6-7 Sivan 6010
Shavuot 2251 6-7 Sivan 6011
Shavuot 2252 6-7 Sivan 6012
Shavuot 2253 6-7 Sivan 6013
Shavuot 2254 6-7 Sivan 6014
Shavuot 2255 6-7 Sivan 6015
Shavuot 2256 6-7 Sivan 6016
Shavuot 2257 6-7 Sivan 6017

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 (on Shabbat) / שָׁבוּעוֹת יוֹם ב׳ (בְּשַׁבָּת)

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 14:22-16:17; Numbers 28:26-31

  1. 1: Deuteronomy 14:22-29 · 8 p’sukim
  2. 2: Deuteronomy 15:1-18 · 18 p’sukim
  3. 3: Deuteronomy 15:19-23 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Deuteronomy 16:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  5. 5: Deuteronomy 16:4-8 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Deuteronomy 16:9-12 · 4 p’sukim
  7. 7: Deuteronomy 16:13-17 · 5 p’sukim
  8. 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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