Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4653 began on and ended 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 890
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4650 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 891
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4651 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 892
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4652 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 893
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4653 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 894
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4654 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 895
Parashat Tazria |
29 Adar II 4655 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 896
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4656 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 897
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4657 |
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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