Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4608 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 845
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4605 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 846
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4606 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 847
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4607 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 848
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4608 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 849
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4609 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 850
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4610 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 851
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4611 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 852
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4612 |
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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