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Shavuot 2015


Torah scriptures and golden brown wheat.
May 2015
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Mothers Day
Sunday May 10
-9 years, -4 months, -29 days
or -3439 days

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Ascension Day
Thursday May 14
-9 years, -4 months, -25 days
or -3435 days

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Pentecost
Sunday May 24
-9 years, -4 months, -15 days
or -3425 days

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Memorial Day
Monday May 25

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Shavuot for the year 2015 starts on Sunday, May 24th ending the two day holiday at sundown on Monday, May 25th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Saturday, May 23rd.


Shavuot in Israel with the Hebrew calendar falls on Sivan 6-7 each year, but have a different date each year on the Gregorian calendar. Shavuot is a two day festival. The festival marks the wheat harvest in Israel and commemorates the day God gave the Torah to Israel on Mount Sinai.

Why do Jewish holidays start at nighttime?

According to the Torah, the story of creation in Genesis says “And it was evening, and it was morning day one”, “And it was evening, and it was morning; the second day”, thus night comes before day. So for the Jewish calendar all days begin at nightfall and end the next day at nightfall including holidays.

Days to the start of Shavuot 2015

Sunday, May 24th is day number 144 of the 2015 calendar year with -9 years, -4 months, -15 days until Shavuot 2015.


Shavuot
Name(s):Shavuot, Feast of Weeks, Shovuos, Shavu'oth
Type:Observance, Jewish
When:6th or 7th of Sivan in Hebrew Calendar

Dates for Shavuot

HolidayDateDays to Go
Shavuot 2023 Friday, May 26, 2023 -501
Shavuot 2024 Wednesday, June 12, 2024 -118
Shavuot 2025 Monday, June 02, 2025 237
Shavuot 2026 Friday, May 22, 2026 591
Shavuot 2027 Friday, June 11, 2027 976
Shavuot 2028 Tuesday, May 30, 2028 1330


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