Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4496 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 733
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4493 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 734
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4494 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 735
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 4495 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 736
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4496 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 737
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4497 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 738
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4498 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 739
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 4499 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 740
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4500 |
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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