Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5555 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 1792
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5552 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1793
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5553 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1794
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 5554 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1795
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5555 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1796
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5556 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1797
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5557 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1798
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 5558 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1799
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5559 |
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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