Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 6781 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 3018
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 6778 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3019
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 6779 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3020
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6780 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3021
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 6781 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3022
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 6782 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3023
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 6783 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3024
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6784 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3025
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 6785 |
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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