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ChaBaD YOUR HOLIDAY GUIDE: Shavuot 5783 - 2023 (May 25-27)

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 ChaBaD YOUR HOLIDAY GUIDE: Shavuot 5783 - 2023 (May 25-27) Holiday Guide Shavuot begins this year on Thursday evening, May 25 and continues until nightfall, Saturday, May 27, 2023. Your Shavuot Guide - 2023 Out of respect for the sanctity of Shabbat and the holiday (Thursday evening, May 25-27, 2023), please print out this holiday guide before the onset of the holiday, and keep it handy throughout for reference purposes. What Is Shavuot (Shavuos)? What Is Shavuot? Shavuot (May 25-27, 2023) is a two-day holiday that commemorates the date when G‑d gave the Torah to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai over 3,000 years ago. Preceded by 49 days of counting in eager anticipation, Shavuot is celebrated through desisting from work, candle-lit dinners, staying up all night to study Torah , listening to the reading of the Ten Commandments in synagogue, enjoying dairy foods and other festivities. Shavuot is a two-day holid...