Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5679 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat HaChodesh 1916
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 5676 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1917
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5677 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1918
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5678 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1919
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 5679 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1920
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5680 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1921
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5681 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1922
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5682 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1923
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 5683 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 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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