Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4240 began on and ended 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 |
---|---|---|---|
Shabbat HaChodesh 477
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4237 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 478
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4238 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 479
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4239 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 480
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4240 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 481
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4241 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 482
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4242 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 483
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4243 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 484
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4244 |
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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