Shavuot 2015

May 2015 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mothers Day Sunday May 10 -9 years, -7 months, -15 days or -3517 days 11 12 13 14 Ascension Day Thursday May 14 -9 years, -7 months, -11 days or -3513 days 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pentecost Sunday May 24 -9 years, -7 months, -1 days or -3503 days 25 Memorial Day Monday May 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Shavuot for the year 2015 starts on Sunday, May 24th ending the two day holiday at sundown on Monday, May 25th. 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 23rd.

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 2015

Sunday, May 24th is day number 144 of the 2015 calendar year with -9 years, -7 months, -1 day until Shavuot 2015.