Shavuot 2010

May 2010 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Mothers Day Sunday May 9 -14 years, -8 months, -13 days or -5372 days 10 11 12 13 Ascension Day Thursday May 13 -14 years, -8 months, -9 days or -5368 days 14 15 16 17 18 19 Shavuot Wednesday May 19 -14 years, -8 months, -3 days or -5362 days 20 21 22 23 Pentecost Sunday May 23 -14 years, -7 months, -30 days or -5358 days 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Memorial Day Monday May 31

Shavuot for the year 2010 starts on Wednesday, May 19th ending the two day holiday at sundown on Thursday, May 20th. 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 18th.

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 2010

Wednesday, May 19th is day number 139 of the 2010 calendar year with -14 years, -8 months, -3 days until Shavuot 2010.