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with candle-lighting times for Brooklyn, NY (*)
Note: We do NOT put on the Tefilin on Shabbos and Yom Tov.
 
Holiday Date Activity
5 Sivan
Erev Shavuot
Sunday
June 1
  • Prepare a candle or flame that will be able to burn safely for more than 24 hours. (For example: a Yahrzeit candle. This will be used to light the Yom Tov Candles on Monday night).
  • Light Yom Tov Candles -- 18 minutes before Sunset (8:02pm).
  • After lighting the candles, recite (Blessing for Yom Tov):

    • Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ho-olom A-sher Ki-de-sho-nu Be-mitz-vo-sov Ve-tzi-vo-nu Le-had-lik Ner Shel Yom Tov.
    • Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ho-olom She-heche-yo-nu Ve-ki-yi-mo-nu Ve-higi-o-nu Liz-man Ha-zeh.
    • בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל יוֹם טוֹב.
    • בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִימָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לִזְּמַן הַזֶּה.
  • Tikkun Lail Shavuos - All night study session.
6 Sivan
1st day of Shavuot
Monday
June 2
  • Monday Morning - 6 Sivan - June 2 - Attend the Synagogue and hear the reading of the 10 Commandments.
  • Custom to have a dairy meal.
  • Light Yom Tov Candles -- after nightfall (9:03pm), from a pre-existing flame.
  • After lighting the candles, recite (Blessing for Yom Tov):

    • Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ho-olom A-sher Ki-de-sho-nu Be-mitz-vo-sov Ve-tzi-vo-nu Le-had-lik Ner Shel Yom Tov.
    • Bo-ruch A-toh Ado-noi E-lo-hei-nu Me-lech Ho-olom She-heche-yo-nu Ve-ki-yi-mo-nu Ve-higi-o-nu Liz-man Ha-zeh.
    • בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל יוֹם טוֹב.
    • בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִימָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לִזְּמַן הַזֶּה.
7 Sivan
2nd day of Shavuot
Tuesday
June 3
  • Yizkor Prayers recited
  • The Holiday of Shavuot ends after Nightfall (9:03pm).
8 Sivan
Isru Chag
Wednesday
June 4
  • Males over the age of 13 resume putting on Tefilin for morning prayers.
  • Tachnun is not said in the daily prayers until after 12 Sivan (June 8, 2025).
* Notes:
  • The sunrise/sunset routines lack accuracy. If you enter geographic coordinates above the Arctic Circle or Antarctic Circle, the times are guaranteed to be wrong.

⇦ IntroductionWhat Is Shavuot? ⇨