Shavuot

A harvest festival in ancient Palestine, the two-day Shavuot holiday begins 49 omer days after the start of Pesach and is celebrated as the anniversary of the receiving of the Torah at Sinai with (for some: all-night) learning. As the Israelites refrained from eating meat in the days prior to receiving the law, we favor dairy foods on Shavuot. As if at Sinai, we stand in synagogue when the Aseret ha’Dibrot (Ten Statements or Commandments) are read aloud; Yizkor prayers are recited on the second day of the festival. 

Shavuot 5785 will be observed Sunday night, June 1st - Tuesday night, June 3rd, 2025. Yizkor will be recited during Yom Tov morning services on June 3rd at approximately 11 am.  

TIKKUN LEYL SHAVUOT / SHAVUOT NIGHT OF LEARNING: SunDAY, june 1st, 6PM - MIDNIGHT

theme: visions of the jewish future

Join us for a special Shavuot night of learning as we enjoy a dairy dinner, cheesecake and other traditional desserts, and study late into the night together as a community. The program will include a panel discussion moderated by Samara Minkin, Executive Director, The Spring, featuring Dov Wilker, Regional Director, AJC Atlanta/Southeast, Eytan Davidson, Regional Director, ADL, and CSI's own, and Emily Kaiman, Deputy Director of Jewish Communal Engagement, J Street; Deputy Director J Street Georgia, as well as moderated text study, break-out learning sessions with Paul Root Wolpe, Marshall Duke, and Ori Salzberg, as well as a conversation with teen leaders Amalia Kaiman, Nadav Crane, and Mira Silverman moderated by Rabbi David, Paul Root Wolpe, Marshall Duke, and Ori Salzberg, and a closing session facilitated by Rabbi Kaiman, Rabbi David, and Ori Salzberg.

Shavuot dinner is sponsored by Amy & Scott Jacobson in memory of Hazzan Joseph Joshua Wieselman and Katherine Wieselman.

The theme for this year's Tikkun Leyl Shavuot is "Visions of the Jewish Future".

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Shavuot Night of Learning Schedule 

SHAVUOT SERVICES

Sunday, June 1st

• 6 pm Mincha (Chapel; in-person and on Zoom)
• 9:10 pm Ma'ariv (Sanctuary; in-person only)

Monday, June 2nd

• 9 am Yom Tov Morning Services (Chapel; in-person only; this service will not be livestreamed or held on Zoom)
• 7 pm Evening Services (Chapel; in-person and on Zoom)

Wednesday, June 3rd

• 9 am Yom Tov Morning Services (Sanctuary; livestream here) [Yizkor will be recited at approximately 11 am]
• 7 pm Mincha Services* (Chapel; in-person and on Zoom)

*Ma'ariv will not be held on June 3rd due to the late ending of Yom Tov.