Shavuot 2004

May 2004 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mothers Day Sunday May 9 -20 years, -6 months, -13 days or -7502 days 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Ascension Day Thursday May 20 -20 years, -6 months, -2 days or -7491 days 21 22 23 24 25 26 Shavuot Wednesday May 26 -20 years, -5 months, -27 days or -7485 days 27 28 29 30 Pentecost Sunday May 30 -20 years, -5 months, -23 days or -7481 days 31 Memorial Day Monday May 31

Shavuot for the year 2004 starts on Wednesday, May 26th ending the two day holiday at sundown on Thursday, May 27th. 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 25th.

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 2004

Wednesday, May 26th is day number 147 of the 2004 calendar year with -20 years, -5 months, -27 days until Shavuot 2004.