Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 8756 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 4993
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 8753 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4994
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 8754 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4995
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8755 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4996
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 8756 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4997
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 8757 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4998
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8758 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 4999
Parashat Tazria |
29 Adar II 8759 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5000
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 8760 |
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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