Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4456 began on and ended 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 693
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4453 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 694
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4454 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 695
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4455 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 696
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4456 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 697
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4457 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 698
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4458 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 699
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4459 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 700
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4460 |
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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