Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 8959 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 5196
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 8956 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5197
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 8957 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5198
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8958 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5199
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 8959 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5200
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 8960 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5201
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 8961 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5202
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 8962 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5203
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 8963 |
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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