Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 8712 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 4949
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 8709 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4950
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 8710 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4951
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8711 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4952
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 8712 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4953
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 8713 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4954
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8714 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4955
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 8715 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4956
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 8716 |
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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