Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 8477 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat HaChodesh 4714
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 8474 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4715
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 8475 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4716
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 8476 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4717
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 8477 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4718
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 8478 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4719
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 8479 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4720
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 8480 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4721
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 8481 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 12:1-20
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
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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