Shabbat HaChodesh 2128 / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ 5888

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍

Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5888 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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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Dates for Shabbat HaChodesh

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat HaChodesh 2125
Parashat Shmini
25 Adar II 5885
Shabbat HaChodesh 2126
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 5886
Shabbat HaChodesh 2127
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 5887
Shabbat HaChodesh 2128
Parashat Shmini
25 Adar II 5888
Shabbat HaChodesh 2129
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 5889
Shabbat HaChodesh 2130
Parashat Tazria
29 Adar II 5890
Shabbat HaChodesh 2131
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 5891
Shabbat HaChodesh 2132
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 5892

Tanakh

Shabbat HaChodesh / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 12:1-20

  1. 1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Exodus 12:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
    *Shabbat HaChodesh

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

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat HaChodesh” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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