Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5278 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 1515
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5275 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1516
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5276 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1517
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 5277 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1518
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5278 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1519
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5279 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1520
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 5280 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1521
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5281 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1522
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5282 |
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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