Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5459 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.
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 1696
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 5456 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1697
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5457 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1698
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5458 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1699
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 5459 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1700
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 5460 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1701
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5461 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1702
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5462 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1703
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 5463 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 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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