Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 3948 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 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 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 192
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 3952 |
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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