Shabbat Chazon 243 / שַׁבָּת חֲזוֹן 4003

Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision 🕍

Shabbat Chazon for Hebrew Year 4003 began on Friday, 7 July 0243 and ended on Saturday, 8 July 0243.

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

Tanakh

Shabbat Chazon / שַׁבָּת חֲזוֹן
Saturday, 8 July 0243 / 4 Av 4003

Torah Portion: Parashat Devarim · Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22

1. 1: Deuteronomy 1:1-10 · 10 p’sukim
2. 2: Deuteronomy 1:11-21 · 11 p’sukim
3. 3: Deuteronomy 1:22-38 · 17 p’sukim
4. 4: Deuteronomy 1:39-2:1 · 9 p’sukim
5. 5: Deuteronomy 2:2-30 · 29 p’sukim
6. 6: Deuteronomy 2:31-3:14 · 21 p’sukim
7. 7: Deuteronomy 3:15-22 · 8 p’sukim
8. maf: Deuteronomy 3:20-22 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah: Isaiah 1:1-27 · 27 p’sukim

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

“Shabbat Chazon – of Vision” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

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