Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 7971 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 4208
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7968 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4209
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 7969 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4210
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 7970 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4211
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7971 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4212
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 7972 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4213
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 7973 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4214
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 7974 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4215
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 7975 |
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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