Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 8608 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 4845
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 8605 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4846
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 8606 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4847
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 8607 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4848
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 8608 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4849
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8609 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4850
Parashat Tazria |
29 Adar II 8610 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4851
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 8611 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4852
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8612 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38, 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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