Shavuot 1808 / שָׁבוּעוֹת 5568

Festival of Weeks ⛰️🌸

Shavuot for Hebrew Year 5568 began in the Diaspora on and ended on .

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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 1805 6-7 Sivan 5565
Shavuot 1806 6-7 Sivan 5566
Shavuot 1807 6-7 Sivan 5567
Shavuot 1808 6-7 Sivan 5568
Shavuot 1809 6-7 Sivan 5569
Shavuot 1810 6-7 Sivan 5570
Shavuot 1811 6-7 Sivan 5571
Shavuot 1812 6-7 Sivan 5572

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 / 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 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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