Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 7903 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 4140
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7900 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4141
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 7901 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4142
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 7902 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4143
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7903 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4144
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 7904 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4145
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 7905 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4146
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 7906 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4147
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 7907 |
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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