Shabbat HaChodesh 4221 / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ 7981

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍

Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 7981 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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Dates for Shabbat HaChodesh

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat HaChodesh 4218
Parashat Tazria
1 Nisan 7978
Shabbat HaChodesh 4219
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 7979
Shabbat HaChodesh 4220
Parashat Shmini
27 Adar II 7980
Shabbat HaChodesh 4221
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 7981
Shabbat HaChodesh 4222
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 7982
Shabbat HaChodesh 4223
Parashat Shmini
27 Adar II 7983
Shabbat HaChodesh 4224
Parashat Pekudei
29 Adar 7984
Shabbat HaChodesh 4225
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 7985

Tanakh

Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh) / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayikra · Leviticus 1:1-5:26; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 12:1-20

  1. 1: Leviticus 1:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 1:14-2:6 · 10 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 2:7-16 · 10 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 3:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 4:1-26 · 26 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 4:27-5:26 · 35 p’sukim
  7. 7*: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
    *Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)
  8. maf*: Exodus 12:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
    *Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)

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)

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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