Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 7040 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 3277
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7037 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3278
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 7038 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3279
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 7039 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3280
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7040 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3281
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 7041 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3282
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 7042 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3283
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 7043 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3284
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 7044 |
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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