Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5942 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat HaChodesh 2179
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5939 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2180
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5940 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2181
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5941 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2182
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5942 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2183
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5943 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2184
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5944 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2185
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5945 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2186
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5946 |
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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