Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5159 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 1396
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5156 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1397
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5157 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1398
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5158 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1399
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5159 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1400
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5160 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1401
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5161 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1402
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 5162 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1403
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5163 |
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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