Jewish Museum/Wikimedia Commons Shavuot has long been marked by customs that include “ Tikkun Leil Shavuot,” gathering with others to study Torah late into the night.

Shavuot falls on the 6th of Sivan on the Jewish calendar, which reckons days as beginning at sundown. This year, Shavuot began Sunday evening and continues for one or two days, depending on tradition.

This reading was his Bar Mitzvah Torah Portion 12 years ago, so he knows it well. He has read it many times, including every year at the Sephardic Educational Center’s beautiful Shavuot programs ...

It’s ironic, of course, because the holiday of Shavuot marks a significant moment in Jewish history — the giving of the Torah and the Ten commandments at Mount Sinai 3,335 years ago.

Shavuot falls on the 6th of Sivan on the Jewish calendar, which reckons days as beginning at sundown. This year, Shavuot began Sunday evening and continues for one or two days, depending on tradition.

Shavuot falls on the 6th of Sivan on the Jewish calendar, which reckons days as beginning at sundown. This year, Shavuot began Sunday evening and continues for one or two days, depending on tradition.

Shavuot falls on the 6th of Sivan on the Jewish calendar, which reckons days as beginning at sundown. This year, Shavuot began Sunday evening and continues for one or two days, depending on tradition.