Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4487 began on and ended 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 724
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4484 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 725
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4485 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 726
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4486 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 727
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4487 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 728
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4488 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 729
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4489 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 730
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4490 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 731
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4491 |
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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