Shabbat HaChodesh 4199 / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ 7959

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍

Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 7959 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.

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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Dates for Shabbat HaChodesh

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat HaChodesh 4196
Parashat Shmini
27 Adar II 7956
Shabbat HaChodesh 4197
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 7957
Shabbat HaChodesh 4198
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 7958
Shabbat HaChodesh 4199
Parashat Shmini
25 Adar II 7959
Shabbat HaChodesh 4200
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
29 Adar 7960
Shabbat HaChodesh 4201
Parashat Tazria
1 Nisan 7961
Shabbat HaChodesh 4202
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 7962
Shabbat HaChodesh 4203
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 7963

Tanakh

Shabbat HaChodesh / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 12:1-20

  1. 1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Exodus 12:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
    *Shabbat HaChodesh

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

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat HaChodesh” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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