Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5873 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 2110
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5870 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2111
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5871 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2112
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5872 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2113
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5873 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2114
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5874 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2115
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5875 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2116
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5876 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2117
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5877 |
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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