Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5079 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat HaChodesh 1316
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5076 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1317
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5077 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1318
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5078 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1319
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5079 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1320
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5080 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1321
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 5081 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1322
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5082 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1323
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5083 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 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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