Shavuot 2009

May 2009 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mothers Day Sunday May 10 -15 years, -6 months, -12 days or -5675 days 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Ascension Day Thursday May 21 -15 years, -6 months, -1 days or -5664 days 22 23 24 25 Memorial Day Monday May 25 26 27 28 29 Shavuot Friday May 29 -15 years, -5 months, -24 days or -5656 days 30 31 Pentecost Sunday May 31 -15 years, -5 months, -22 days or -5654 days

Shavuot for the year 2009 starts on sundown of Friday, May 29th ending the two day holiday at sundown on Saturday, May 30th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Thursday, May 28th.

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 2009

Friday, May 29th is day number 149 of the 2009 calendar year with -15 years, -5 months, -24 days until Shavuot 2009.