Shabbat HaChodesh 1218 / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ 4978

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍

Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4978 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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Dates for Shabbat HaChodesh

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat HaChodesh 1215
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 4975
Shabbat HaChodesh 1216
Parashat Tazria
27 Adar II 4976
Shabbat HaChodesh 1217
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 4977
Shabbat HaChodesh 1218
Parashat Shmini
25 Adar II 4978
Shabbat HaChodesh 1219
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 4979
Shabbat HaChodesh 1220
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 4980
Shabbat HaChodesh 1221
Parashat Shmini
25 Adar II 4981
Shabbat HaChodesh 1222
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 4982

Tanakh

Shabbat HaChodesh / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 12:1-20

  1. 1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Exodus 12:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
    *Shabbat HaChodesh

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

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 HaChodesh” 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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