Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 8918 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 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 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5161
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 8921 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5162
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 8922 |
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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