Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 8703 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 4940
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 8700 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4941
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 8701 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4942
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 8702 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4943
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 8703 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4944
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8704 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4945
Parashat Tazria |
29 Adar II 8705 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4946
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 8706 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4947
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8707 |
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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