Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5971 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 2208
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5968 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2209
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 5969 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2210
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5970 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2211
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5971 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2212
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 5972 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2213
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 5973 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2214
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 5974 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2215
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 5975 |
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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