Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 9603 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 5840
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 9600 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5841
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 9601 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5842
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 9602 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5843
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 9603 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5844
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 9604 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5845
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 9605 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5846
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 9606 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5847
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 9607 |
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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