Shavuot 2011

June 2011 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shavuot Wednesday June 8 -13 years, -5 months, -14 days or -4916 days 9 10 11 12 Pentecost Sunday June 12 -13 years, -5 months, -10 days or -4912 days 13 14 Flag Day Tuesday June 14 -13 years, -5 months, -8 days or -4910 days 15 16 17 18 19 Fathers Day Sunday June 19 -13 years, -5 months, -3 days or -4905 days 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Shavuot for the year 2011 starts on Wednesday, June 8th ending the two day holiday at sundown on Thursday, June 9th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Tuesday, June 7th.

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 2011

Wednesday, June 8th is day number 159 of the 2011 calendar year with -13 years, -5 months, -14 days until Shavuot 2011.