Addition of Yom Tov on Shavuot
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Question
Someone who is accustomed to accepting Shabbat and festivals early, can they do so on the festival of Shavuot, or is there a law of completeness that prohibits it?
Answer
One can do so on the festival of Shavuot, and there is an obligation to add to the festival even on Shavuot, and the law of completeness is fulfilled by delaying the evening prayer until after the stars appear.
Source
In the book Emek Davar (Parashat Emor) on the verse "and you shall proclaim on this very day a holy convocation," it emphasizes excluding addition, teaching us not to make a holy convocation except at night and not during the day. From here, Jews have the custom not to pray on Shavuot during the day, meaning that although every festival has a law of adding to the festival as we learn from Yom Kippur, nevertheless, on Shavuot, when the 49 days of counting end, there is no law of addition on Shavuot. However, the Taz and Pri Megadim in Orach Chaim, Siman 494, wrote that the law of completeness is fulfilled only by delaying the evening prayer, meaning that the addition of Yom Tov does not turn into a festival, but its essence is adding from the mundane to the holy, and it is still part of the Omer count. See Azmera Leshimcha, issue 135.
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