Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4561 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 798
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4558 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 799
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4559 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 800
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 4560 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 801
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4561 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 802
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4562 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 803
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 4563 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 804
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4564 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 805
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4565 |
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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