Shavuot 2012

May 2012 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Mothers Day Sunday May 13 -12 years, -7 months, -12 days or -4609 days 14 15 16 17 Ascension Day Thursday May 17 -12 years, -7 months, -8 days or -4605 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pentecost Sunday May 27 -12 years, -6 months, -29 days or -4595 days 28 Memorial Day Monday May 28 29 30 31

Shavuot for the year 2012 starts on Sunday, May 27th ending the two day holiday at sundown on Monday, May 28th. For the Jewish calendar night begins before day, thus the holiday begins on the sunset of the previous day on the evening of Saturday, May 26th.

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 2012

Sunday, May 27th is day number 148 of the 2012 calendar year with -12 years, -6 months, -29 days until Shavuot 2012.