Shavuot 2008

June 2008 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Shavuot Monday June 9 -16 years, -4 months, -21 days or -5987 days 10 11 12 13 14 Flag Day Saturday June 14 -16 years, -4 months, -16 days or -5982 days 15 Fathers Day Sunday June 15 -16 years, -4 months, -15 days or -5981 days 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Shavuot for the year 2008 starts on Monday, June 9th ending the two day holiday at sundown on Tuesday, June 10th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Sunday, June 8th.

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 2008

Monday, June 9th is day number 161 of the 2008 calendar year with -16 years, -4 months, -21 days until Shavuot 2008.