Shabbat HaChodesh 187 / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ 3947

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍

Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 3947 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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Dates for Shabbat HaChodesh

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat HaChodesh 184
Parashat Tazria
27 Adar II 3944
Shabbat HaChodesh 185
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 3945
Shabbat HaChodesh 186
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 3946
Shabbat HaChodesh 187
Parashat Shmini
27 Adar II 3947
Shabbat HaChodesh 188
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 3948
Shabbat HaChodesh 189
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 3949
Shabbat HaChodesh 190
Parashat Shmini
27 Adar II 3950
Shabbat HaChodesh 191
Parashat Pekudei
29 Adar 3951

Tanakh

Shabbat HaChodesh / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 12:1-20

  1. 1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Exodus 12:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
    *Shabbat HaChodesh

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

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat HaChodesh” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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