Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 7879 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 4116
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7876 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4117
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 7877 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4118
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 7878 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4119
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7879 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4120
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 7880 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4121
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 7881 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4122
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 7882 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4123
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 7883 |
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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