Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5856 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 2093
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5853 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2094
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5854 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2095
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 5855 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2096
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5856 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2097
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 5857 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2098
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5858 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2099
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 5859 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2100
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5860 |
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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