Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 9659 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 |
---|---|---|---|
Shabbat HaChodesh 5896
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 9656 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5897
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 9657 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5898
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 9658 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5899
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 9659 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5900
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 9660 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5901
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 9661 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5902
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 9662 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5903
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 9663 |
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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