Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 8939 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 5176
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 8936 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5177
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8937 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5178
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 8938 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5179
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 8939 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5180
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8940 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5181
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 8941 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5182
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 8942 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5183
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 8943 |
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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