Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 6588 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat HaChodesh 2825
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 6585 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2826
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 6586 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2827
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6587 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2828
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 6588 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2829
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 6589 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2830
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6590 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2831
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 6591 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 2832
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 6592 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 12:1-20
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
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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