Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 7920 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 4157
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7917 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4158
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 7918 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4159
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 7919 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4160
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7920 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4161
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 7921 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4162
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 7922 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4163
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 7923 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4164
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7924 |
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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