Shabbat Chazon / שַׁבָּת חֲזוֹן

Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision 🕍

Shabbat Chazon for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .

Shabbat Chazon (“Sabbath [of] vision” שבת חזון, also Shabbat Hazon) is named for the “Vision of Isaiah over Judah and Jerusalem” (Book of Isaiah 1:1-27) that is read as the Haftarah on this Shabbat at the end of the three weeks between dire straits, which precede the mournful fast of Tisha B’Av. It is also called black sabbath due to Isaiah’s prophecy of rebuke predicting the destruction of the first temple in the siege of Jerusalem and its status as the saddest shabbat of the year (as opposed to the white sabbath, Shabbat Shuvah, immediately preceding Yom Kippur).

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Dates for Shabbat Chazon

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Chazon 2021 8 Av 5781
Shabbat Chazon 2022 9 Av 5782
Shabbat Chazon 2023 4 Av 5783
Shabbat Chazon 2024 6 Av 5784
Shabbat Chazon 2025 8 Av 5785
Shabbat Chazon 2026 4 Av 5786
Shabbat Chazon 2027 4 Av 5787
Shabbat Chazon 2028 6 Av 5788

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Shabbat Chazon – of Vision” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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