Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 3940 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 177
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 3937 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 178
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 3938 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 179
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 3939 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 180
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 3940 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 181
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 3941 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 182
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 3942 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 183
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 3943 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 184
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 3944 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38, 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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