Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 6540 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 2777
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6537 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2778
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 6538 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2779
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 6539 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2780
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6540 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2781
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 6541 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2782
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 6542 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2783
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6543 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2784
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 6544 |
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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