Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 8566 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 4803
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 8563 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4804
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 8564 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4805
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8565 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4806
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 8566 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4807
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 8567 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4808
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8568 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4809
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 8569 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4810
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 8570 |
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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