Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 6870 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 3107
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 6867 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3108
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6868 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3109
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 6869 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3110
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 6870 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3111
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6871 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3112
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 6872 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3113
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 6873 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3114
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 6874 |
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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