Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4638 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 875
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4635 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 876
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4636 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 877
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4637 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 878
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4638 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 879
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4639 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 880
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4640 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 881
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 4641 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 882
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4642 |
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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