Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4939 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayikra.
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 1176
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4936 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1177
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4937 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1178
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 4938 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1179
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4939 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1180
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4940 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1181
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4941 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1182
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 4942 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1183
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4943 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayikra · Leviticus 1:1-5:26; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 12:1-20
Haftarah for Ashkenazim*:
Ezekiel 45:16-46:18
· 28 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)
Haftarah for Sephardim*:
Ezekiel 45:18-46:15
· 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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