Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5501 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 1738
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5498 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1739
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5499 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1740
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5500 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1741
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5501 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1742
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5502 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1743
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5503 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1744
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5504 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1745
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5505 |
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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