Shavuot 2006

June 2006 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 Shavuot Friday June 2 -18 years, -6 months, -20 days or -6778 days 3 4 Pentecost Sunday June 4 -18 years, -6 months, -18 days or -6776 days 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Flag Day Wednesday June 14 -18 years, -6 months, -8 days or -6766 days 15 16 17 18 Fathers Day Sunday June 18 -18 years, -6 months, -4 days or -6762 days 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Shavuot for the year 2006 starts on Friday, June 2nd ending the two day holiday at sundown on Saturday, June 3rd. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Thursday, June 1st.

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 2006

Friday, June 2nd is day number 153 of the 2006 calendar year with -18 years, -6 months, -20 days until Shavuot 2006.