Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 12503 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 8740
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 12500 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8741
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 12501 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8742
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 12502 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8743
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 12503 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8744
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 12504 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8745
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 12505 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8746
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 12506 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8747
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
29 Adar 12507 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38, 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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