Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 6942 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 3179
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6939 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3180
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 6940 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3181
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 6941 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3182
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 6942 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3183
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 6943 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3184
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 6944 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3185
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 6945 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3186
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 6946 |
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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