Shabbat HaChodesh 5156 / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ 8916

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍

Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 8916 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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Dates for Shabbat HaChodesh

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat HaChodesh 5153
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 8913
Shabbat HaChodesh 5154
Parashat Tazria
27 Adar II 8914
Shabbat HaChodesh 5155
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 8915
Shabbat HaChodesh 5156
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 8916
Shabbat HaChodesh 5157
Parashat Shmini
27 Adar II 8917
Shabbat HaChodesh 5158
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 8918
Shabbat HaChodesh 5159
Parashat Tazria
1 Nisan 8919
Shabbat HaChodesh 5160
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 8920

Tanakh

Shabbat HaChodesh / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38, 12:1-20

  1. 1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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