Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4956 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 1193
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4953 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1194
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4954 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1195
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4955 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1196
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4956 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1197
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4957 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1198
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4958 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1199
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 4959 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1200
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4960 |
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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