Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5731 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 1968
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5728 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1969
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5729 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1970
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 5730 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1971
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5731 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1972
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5732 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1973
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 5733 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1974
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 5734 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 1975
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5735 |
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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