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Shavuot
June 11 @ 8:00 am – June 13 @ 11:30 pm
Begins sunset of Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Ends nightfall of Thursday, June 13, 2024
No work is permitted.
Yizkor is recited on Shavuot, Thursday, June 13
Dates listed are for outside Israel.
Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. The Ten Commandments are read in synagogues, just as they were in the desert on Mt. Sinai over 3,300 years ago.