Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 11661 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 7898
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 11658 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 7899
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 11659 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 7900
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 11660 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 7901
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 11661 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 7902
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 11662 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 7903
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 11663 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 7904
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 11664 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 7905
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 11665 |
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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