Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5340 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 1577
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 5337 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1578
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 5338 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1579
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5339 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1580
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5340 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1581
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 5341 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1582
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5342 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1583
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5343 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1584
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5344 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38, 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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