Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5305 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 1542
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5302 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1543
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5303 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1544
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 5304 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1545
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5305 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1546
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5306 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1547
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 5307 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1548
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5308 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1549
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5309 |
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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