Shabbat HaChodesh 4978 / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ 8738

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍

Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 8738 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Tazria.

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 4975
Parashat Tazria
27 Adar II 8735
Shabbat HaChodesh 4976
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 8736
Shabbat HaChodesh 4977
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 8737
Shabbat HaChodesh 4978
Parashat Tazria
27 Adar II 8738
Shabbat HaChodesh 4979
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 8739
Shabbat HaChodesh 4980
Parashat Shmini
25 Adar II 8740
Shabbat HaChodesh 4981
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 8741
Shabbat HaChodesh 4982
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 8742

Tanakh

Shabbat HaChodesh / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ

Torah Portion: Parashat Tazria · Leviticus 12:1-13:59; Exodus 12:1-20

  1. 1: Leviticus 12:1-13:5 · 13 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 13:6-17 · 12 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 13:18-23 · 6 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 13:24-28 · 5 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 13:29-39 · 11 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 13:40-54 · 15 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 13:55-59 · 5 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Exodus 12:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
    *Shabbat HaChodesh

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

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
by Michael Strassfeld

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