Shabbat Chazon 5199 / שַׁבָּת חֲזוֹן 8959

Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision 🕍

Shabbat Chazon for Hebrew Year 8959 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 5196 4 Av 8956
Shabbat Chazon 5197 4 Av 8957
Shabbat Chazon 5198 6 Av 8958
Shabbat Chazon 5199 9 Av 8959
Shabbat Chazon 5200 4 Av 8960
Shabbat Chazon 5201 6 Av 8961
Shabbat Chazon 5202 9 Av 8962
Shabbat Chazon 5203 9 Av 8963

Tanakh

Shabbat Chazon / שַׁבָּת חֲזוֹן

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
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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