Shabbat HaChodesh 2782 / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ 6542

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍

Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 6542 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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Dates for Shabbat HaChodesh

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
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
Shabbat HaChodesh 2785
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 6545
Shabbat HaChodesh 2786
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 6546

Tanakh

Shabbat HaChodesh / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 12:1-20

  1. 1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Exodus 12:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
    *Shabbat HaChodesh

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

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat HaChodesh” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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