Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4516 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 753
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4513 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 754
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4514 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 755
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4515 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 756
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4516 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 757
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4517 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 758
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4518 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 759
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 4519 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 760
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4520 |
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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