Shavuot
Your guide to Shavuot traditions, history, recipes, and more!
Quick Facts
Hebrew Name: שָׁבוּעוֹת (Sha-vu-ōt)
English Names: Shavuot / Feast of Weeks/ Day of the Firstfruits / Festival of Harvest / Pentecost
Jewish Calendar Dates: Sivan 6-7
Origin in Torah: Exod 23 & 34, Lev. 23, Num. 28, Deut. 16
Dates
Evening of
June 11, 2024
through
June 13, 2024
Pulling An All-Nighter–Torah Style!
One Shavuot tradition is staying up all night to study the Torah and other texts. This study session is named Tikkun Leil Shavuot, or “Repair of the Night of Shavuot.”
The Day the Midrash
Came to Life
Shavuot is for farmers. At least, that’s how it started. Now, we celebrate it as the anniversary of when God gave us the Torah on Mount Sinai. And in the first century C.E., some Jewish people gathered in Jerusalem experienced a very unusual Shavuot.
Seven Fun Reasons Why We Eat Dairy on Shavuot
No one knows exactly how or when this custom began, but we have numerous explanations in Jewish tradition. Some of them might stretch your imagination.
Shavuot Recipes
From our bubbes’ kitchens to yours, here are our favorite recipes:
Why Do We Read Ruth?
On Purim, we read Esther; at Passover, we retell the story of Exodus; and for Shavuot, we read … um, Ruth? Why is that?
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How To Celebrate A Messianic Shavuot
Celebrating this holiday in light of Messiah starts with remembering that God sent us His Spirit on the Shavuot holiday in Jerusalem that followed Jesus’ resurrection.
