Shavuot / שָׁבוּעוֹת

Festival of Weeks ⛰️🌸

Shavuot for Hebrew Year 5783 begins in Israel 🇮🇱 at sundown on Thursday, 25 May 2023 and ends at nightfall on Friday, 26 May 2023.

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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Tanakh

Shavuot / שָׁבוּעוֹת

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

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 / שָׁבוּעוֹת ב׳

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: Habakkuk 3:1-19 · 19 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

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: Habakkuk 3:1-19 · 19 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

Sefaria Tanakh

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Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)

Jewish Publication Society

"Shavuot" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

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Books (paid links)