Rosh Chodesh Adar 1280 / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ אַדָר 5040

Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar 🌒

Rosh Chodesh Adar for Hebrew Year 5040 began on and ended on .

Start of month of Adar on the Hebrew calendar. Adar (אַדָר) is the 12th month of the Hebrew year, has 29 days, and corresponds to February or March on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar. It is marked by the birth of a new moon.

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Dates for Rosh Chodesh Adar

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Dates
Rosh Chodesh Adar 1276 30 Sh’vat - 1 Adar 5036
Rosh Chodesh Adar 1277 30 Sh’vat - 1 Adar 5037
Rosh Chodesh Adar 1279 30 Sh’vat - 1 Adar 5039
Rosh Chodesh Adar 1280 30 Sh’vat - 1 Adar 5040
Rosh Chodesh Adar 1282 30 Sh’vat - 1 Adar 5042
Rosh Chodesh Adar 1284 30 Sh’vat - 1 Adar 5044
Rosh Chodesh Adar 1285 30 Sh’vat - 1 Adar 5045

Tanakh

Rosh Chodesh Adar / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ אַדָר

Torah Portion: Numbers 28:1-15

  1. 1: Numbers 28:1-3 · 3 p’sukim
  2. 2: Numbers 28:3-5 · 3 p’sukim
  3. 3: Numbers 28:6-10 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Numbers 28:11-15 · 5 p’sukim

Rosh Chodesh Adar Day 2 / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ אַדָר

Torah Portion: Parashat Mishpatim · Exodus 21:1-24:18; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 30:11-16

  1. 1: Exodus 21:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 21:20-22:3 · 21 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 22:4-26 · 23 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 23:20-24:18 · 32 p’sukim
  7. 7*: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)
  8. maf*: Exodus 30:11-16 · 6 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: II Kings 12:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)

Haftarah for Sephardim*: II Kings 11:17-12:17 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
Books (paid links)
Moonbeams: A Hadassah Rosh Hodesh Guide

Moonbeams
by Leora Tanenbaum et al

The Laws & Customs of Rosh Chodesh

The Laws & Customs of Rosh Chodesh
by Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein

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