Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 6242 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 2479
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6239 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2480
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 6240 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2481
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 6241 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2482
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6242 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2483
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 6243 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2484
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 6244 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2485
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6245 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2486
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 6246 |
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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