Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4963 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 1200
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4960 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1201
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4961 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1202
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 4962 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1203
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4963 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1204
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4964 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1205
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 4965 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1206
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 4966 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1207
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4967 |
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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