SHAVUOT SCHEDULE—2026
WESTWOOD KEHILLA
THURSDAY, MAY 21- – EREV YOM TOV. MAKE AN ERUV TAVSHILIN TO ENABLE COOKING ON FRIDAY FOR SHABBAT (FOUND IN MOST SIDDURIM).
SHAVUOT DAY 1, THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY, MAY 21-22
SHAVUOT EVENING
7:34 pm Candle Lighting for the Holiday
7:40 pm Mincha
7:52 pm Sunset
8:00 pm Shiur
8:35 pm Maariv
Maariv and Kiddush should not be said before 8:35 pm, in order to permit the full forty-ninth day of Sefira to end before the Holiday. Shehecheyanu is said with candle lighting and Kiddush. Some have a custom to have a Milchig meal for the first night of Yom Tov.
Communal meal and learning at the Kehila followed by all night learning at Learning at the Westwood Beit Knesset:
Approximately 12:00am - 5:00am. There will be many options for classes at the WBK.
SHAVUOT DAY 1, FRIDAY, MAY 22
At the Westwood Beit Knesset:
5:00 am Early Shacharit Begins
5:47 am Netz haChamah [Ideal time for Reciting the Amidah of Shacharit]
At the Westwood Kehilla:
9:00 am Shacharit
9:18 am Latest Shema (it should be said before coming to Shul)
Brunch in Shul hosted by Rav Mendel and Gitty Meyers
RSVP for the Brunch
SHAVUOT DAY 2, AND EREV SHABBAT, MAY 22
SHAVUOT/SHABBAT EVENING
6:10 pm Mincha [Early Shabbat]
6:25 pm Shabbat Begins [Plag mincha]
Candle Lighting: After 6:25 before 7:34 pm [Sunset at 7:52pm]
Shehecheyanu is said with candle lighting and Kiddush. Early Preparations for Shabbat can be made from the Eruv Tavshilin (said on Thursday before the Holiday)
SHAVUOT DAY 2 AND SHABBAT, MAY 23
MORNING DAVENING
9:00 am Shacharit
9:18 am Latest Shema (Say before coming to Shul)
9:45 am Festive Hallel (Come to Shul, Bring your Energy, and get ready to feel the
Chag!)
Megillat Ruth is recited
Drasha by Rabbi Stewart
10:45 am (Approx.) Yizkor
SHAVUOT DAY 2 AND SHABBAT AFTERNOON (At Westwood Bet Knesset)
7:00 pm Mincha
7:15 pm Ne’ilas HaChag—Singing, and Everyone is invited to share Dvvrei Torah
8:35 pm Maariv, Holiday Ends and Havdalah
WESTWOOD KEHILLA
THURSDAY, MAY 21- – EREV YOM TOV. MAKE AN ERUV TAVSHILIN TO ENABLE COOKING ON FRIDAY FOR SHABBAT (FOUND IN MOST SIDDURIM).
SHAVUOT DAY 1, THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY, MAY 21-22
SHAVUOT EVENING
7:34 pm Candle Lighting for the Holiday
7:40 pm Mincha
7:52 pm Sunset
8:00 pm Shiur
8:35 pm Maariv
Maariv and Kiddush should not be said before 8:35 pm, in order to permit the full forty-ninth day of Sefira to end before the Holiday. Shehecheyanu is said with candle lighting and Kiddush. Some have a custom to have a Milchig meal for the first night of Yom Tov.
Communal meal and learning at the Kehila followed by all night learning at Learning at the Westwood Beit Knesset:
Approximately 12:00am - 5:00am. There will be many options for classes at the WBK.
SHAVUOT DAY 1, FRIDAY, MAY 22
At the Westwood Beit Knesset:
5:00 am Early Shacharit Begins
5:47 am Netz haChamah [Ideal time for Reciting the Amidah of Shacharit]
At the Westwood Kehilla:
9:00 am Shacharit
9:18 am Latest Shema (it should be said before coming to Shul)
Brunch in Shul hosted by Rav Mendel and Gitty Meyers
RSVP for the Brunch
SHAVUOT DAY 2, AND EREV SHABBAT, MAY 22
SHAVUOT/SHABBAT EVENING
6:10 pm Mincha [Early Shabbat]
6:25 pm Shabbat Begins [Plag mincha]
Candle Lighting: After 6:25 before 7:34 pm [Sunset at 7:52pm]
Shehecheyanu is said with candle lighting and Kiddush. Early Preparations for Shabbat can be made from the Eruv Tavshilin (said on Thursday before the Holiday)
SHAVUOT DAY 2 AND SHABBAT, MAY 23
MORNING DAVENING
9:00 am Shacharit
9:18 am Latest Shema (Say before coming to Shul)
9:45 am Festive Hallel (Come to Shul, Bring your Energy, and get ready to feel the
Chag!)
Megillat Ruth is recited
Drasha by Rabbi Stewart
10:45 am (Approx.) Yizkor
SHAVUOT DAY 2 AND SHABBAT AFTERNOON (At Westwood Bet Knesset)
7:00 pm Mincha
7:15 pm Ne’ilas HaChag—Singing, and Everyone is invited to share Dvvrei Torah
8:35 pm Maariv, Holiday Ends and Havdalah