Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 8944 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.
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 5181
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 8941 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5182
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 8942 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5183
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 8943 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5184
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 8944 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5185
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 8945 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5186
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 8946 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5187
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 8947 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5188
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 8948 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 12:1-20
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
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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