Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 12459 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 8696
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 12456 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8697
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 12457 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8698
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 12458 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8699
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 12459 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8700
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 12460 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8701
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 12461 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8702
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 12462 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8703
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 12463 |
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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