Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5540 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 1777
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 5537 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1778
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 5538 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1779
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5539 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1780
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5540 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1781
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5541 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1782
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5542 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1783
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5543 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1784
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5544 |
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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