Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5516 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 1753
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5513 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1754
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 5514 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1755
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5515 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1756
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5516 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1757
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5517 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1758
Parashat Tazria |
29 Adar II 5518 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1759
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5519 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1760
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5520 |
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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