Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5257 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 1494
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5254 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1495
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5255 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1496
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5256 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1497
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5257 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1498
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5258 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1499
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5259 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1500
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 5260 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1501
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5261 |
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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