Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4596 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 833
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 4593 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 834
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4594 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 835
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4595 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 836
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4596 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 837
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 4597 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 838
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4598 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 839
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4599 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 840
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4600 |
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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