Shabbat HaChodesh 4901 / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ 8661

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍

Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 8661 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 4898
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 8658
Shabbat HaChodesh 4899
Parashat Shmini
25 Adar II 8659
Shabbat HaChodesh 4900
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 8660
Shabbat HaChodesh 4901
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 8661
Shabbat HaChodesh 4902
Parashat Shmini
25 Adar II 8662
Shabbat HaChodesh 4903
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 8663
Shabbat HaChodesh 4904
Parashat Tazria
27 Adar II 8664
Shabbat HaChodesh 4905
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 8665

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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