Shavuot 2014

June 2014 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 Shavuot Wednesday June 4 -10 years, -5 months, -18 days or -3824 days 5 6 7 8 Pentecost Sunday June 8 -10 years, -5 months, -14 days or -3820 days 9 10 11 12 13 14 Flag Day Saturday June 14 -10 years, -5 months, -8 days or -3814 days 15 Fathers Day Sunday June 15 -10 years, -5 months, -7 days or -3813 days 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Shavuot for the year 2014 starts on Wednesday, June 4th ending the two day holiday at sundown on Thursday, June 5th. 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 3rd.

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 2014

Wednesday, June 4th is day number 155 of the 2014 calendar year with -10 years, -5 months, -18 days until Shavuot 2014.