Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4900 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.
Shabbat HaChodesh (“Sabbath [of the] month” שבת החודש) precedes the first of the Hebrew month of Nisan during which Passover is celebrated. Exodus 12:1-20 and the laws of Passover. On the first day of Nisan, G-d presented the first commandment of how to “sanctify the new moon” (kiddush hachodesh) for the onset of Rosh Chodesh and thus Nisan becomes the first month of the Jewish year (counting by months.).
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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat HaChodesh 1137
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4897 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1138
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4898 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1139
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4899 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1140
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4900 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1141
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4901 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1142
Parashat Tazria |
29 Adar II 4902 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1143
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4903 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1144
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4904 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 12:1-20
Haftarah for Ashkenazim*:
Ezekiel 45:16-46:18
· 28 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh
Haftarah for Sephardim*:
Ezekiel 45:18-46:15
· 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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