Why Isn't Shavuos on the Calendar?

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May 22 2023
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Halacha:
Shavuot 
Machshava:
Shavuot,  Torah 
Holidays:
Yom Tov Sheni 

References: Rosh Hashana: 6b ,  Shabbat: 86b ,  Shabbat: 87a  

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How can there be a machlokes about the date of Matan Torah, and are we celebrating on the wrong day?! Halachic and Hashkafic takeaways from this unique aspect of Shavuos. (Sources Attached; See also Shu"t Chasam Sofer, OC 145)

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