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Shavuot

The Feast of Weeks, remembering the giving of the Torah, with all-night study, flowers and dairy foods.

Shavuot
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When is Shavuot in 2027?

Shavuot 2027 runs from 11 to 12 June 2027. Other years: 2026, 22 to 23 May 2026; 2028, 31 May to 1 June 2028.

About Shavuot

Shavuot, on the sixth and seventh of Sivan, comes seven weeks after Passover. It celebrates the wheat harvest and, in tradition, the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai. Many observant Jews stay up on the first night to study, a custom called Tikkun Leil Shavuot, and the synagogue is decorated with flowers, plants and greenery. The Ten Commandments are read and the Book of Ruth is chanted. Families eat dairy meals, such as cheesecake, blintzes, cheese kreplach and ice cream, for reasons that include the image of the Torah as milk and honey. In the early twentieth century, farming communities in Israel held celebrations of first fruits, bikkurim, in which children brought produce in decorated baskets.

Shavuot dates: 2026, 2027, 2028

YearShavuot date
202622 to 23 May 2026
202711 to 12 June 2027
202831 May to 1 June 2028

What is eaten

  • cheesecake
  • blintzes
  • kreplach
  • ice cream

Also part of it, and being written: Tikkun Leil Shavuot (The night of study.), Book of Ruth (The reading of the harvest.), Bikkurim (The first fruits.).

More marked on Shavuot

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Written by the EveryParampara desk with AI assistance. Background: "Shavuot" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

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