Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 6516 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 2753
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6513 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2754
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 6514 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2755
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 6515 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2756
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6516 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2757
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 6517 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2758
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 6518 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2759
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6519 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2760
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 6520 |
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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