Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 9703 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 5940
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 9700 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5941
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 9701 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5942
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 9702 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5943
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 9703 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5944
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 9704 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5945
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 9705 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5946
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 9706 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 5947
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 9707 |
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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