Shavuot 2017

May 2017 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Mothers Day Sunday May 14 -6 years, -11 months, -10 days or -2537 days 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Ascension Day Thursday May 25 -6 years, -10 months, -30 days or -2526 days 26 27 28 29 Memorial Day Monday May 29 30 31 Shavuot Wednesday May 31 -6 years, -10 months, -24 days or -2520 days

Shavuot for the year 2017 starts on Wednesday, May 31st ending the two day holiday at sundown on Thursday, June 1. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Tuesday, May 30th.

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 2017

Wednesday, May 31st is day number 151 of the 2017 calendar year with -6 years, -10 months, -24 days until Shavuot 2017.