In the Torah, Shavu'ot does not have a fixed date, but happens on the day after finishing counting 7 full weeks - 49 days - of the Omer.
Since we currently have a fixed Jewish calendar, with Nissan always 30 days long and Iyar always 29 days long, Shavu'ot is always on 6 Sivan. (In the time of the Bet HaMikdash - may it be speedily rebuilt in our time - any month could be either 29 or 30 days long, depending on when the new moon was first sighted).
Outside Israel Shavu'ot is 2 days long - 6 and 7 Sivan (8th and 9th of June, this year).
Source: Vayikra 23:15 - 19
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- Danny
Tuesday, 27 Iyar 5771 - 42nd day of the Omer
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Halocho #815 - When is the Shavu'ot festival?
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Halocho #557 - Today is Pessach Sheni
Today - Wednesday - is Pessach Sheni - the 2nd Pessach.
In the time of the Bet Hamikdash, if a person couldn't bring the Korban Pessach on Erev Pessach, they have a 2nd chance a month later.
In the afternoon of 14th Iyar they would bring the Korban Pessach and roast it. After nightfall they would eat it with Matza and Marror. The leftovers were burnt the next morning.
Unfortunately this year we again missed both chances to bring the Korban Pessach.
Source: Bamidbar 9:9-12
- Danny
Wednesday, 14 Iyar 5770 - 29th day of the Omer
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Halocho #324 - Lag B'Omer is day 33 of the Omer
We mourn for 33 days between Pessach and Shavu'ot in memory of the 33 days during which Rabbi Akiva's students perished. There are various customs as to which 33 days are kept as mourning-days. Everybody agrees that on the day of Lag B'Omer - the 33rd day of the Omer - there is no mourning, as a reminder that they stopped dying on the 33rd day. Those who have the custom to mourn from Rosh Chodesh Iyar, resume the mourning customs after Lag B'Omer. Source: Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 120:6, 7 Note: Many Sefradim only stop the mourning on the 34th day of the Omer. - Danny Tuesday, 18 Iyar 5769, 33rd day of the Omer
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Halocho #321 - The second Pessach
Tomorrow - Friday 14th Iyar - is Pessach Sheni - the 2nd Pessach.
In the time of the Bet Hamikdash, if a person couldn't bring the Korban Pessach on Erev Pessach, he has a 2nd chance a month later.
In the afternoon of 14th Iyar he would bring the Korban Pessach and roast it. After nightfall he would eat it with Matza and Marror. The leftovers were burnt the next morning.
Unfortunately this year we again missed both chances to bring the Korban Pessach.
Source: Bamidbar 9:9-12
Shabbat Shalom
- Danny Thursday, 13 Iyar 5769, 28th day of the Omer
Please daven for a complete recovery for Tamar bat Naama - תמר בת נעמה
