Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4979 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1223
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4983 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38, 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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