Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 7661 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 3898
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 7658 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3899
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 7659 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3900
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 7660 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3901
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 7661 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3902
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 7662 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3903
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 7663 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3904
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 7664 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 3905
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 7665 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38, 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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