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Shavuot Schedule
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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 |
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Activity |
| 5 Sivan Erev Shavuot | Thursday
May 21 |
- 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 Friday night).
- Light Yom Tov Candles -- 18 minutes before Sunset (7:53pm).
- 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.
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| 6 Sivan 1st day of Shavuot | Friday
May 22 |
- Friday Morning - 6 Sivan - May 22 - Attend the Synagogue and hear the reading of the 10 Commandments.
- Custom to have a dairy meal.
- Light Yom Tov Candles -- after nightfall (7:54pm), from a pre-existing flame.
- After lighting the candles, recite (Blessing for Shabbos & 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 Shabbos V'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 שַׁבָּת וְשֶׁל יוֹם טוֹב.
- בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה’ אֱלֹקֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִימָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לִזְּמַן הַזֶּה.
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| 7 Sivan 2nd day of Shavuot | Shabbos
May 23 |
- Yizkor Prayers recited
- The Holiday of Shavuot ends after Nightfall (8:55pm).
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| 8 Sivan Isru Chag | Sunday
May 24 |
- 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 (May 28, 2026).
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* 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.
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