Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 12518 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 8755
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 12515 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8756
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 12516 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8757
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 12517 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8758
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 12518 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8759
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 12519 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8760
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 12520 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8761
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 12521 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 8762
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 12522 |
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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