Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 6885 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 3122
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6882 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3123
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 6883 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3124
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 6884 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3125
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6885 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3126
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 6886 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3127
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 6887 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3128
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6888 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3129
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 6889 |
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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