Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 7944 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 4181
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 7941 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4182
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 7942 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4183
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 7943 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4184
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7944 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4185
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 7945 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4186
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 7946 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4187
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7947 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4188
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 7948 |
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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