Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5659 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 1896
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 5656 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1897
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5657 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1898
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5658 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1899
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 5659 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1900
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5660 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1901
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5661 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1902
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 5662 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1903
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 5663 |
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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