Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4659 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 |
---|---|---|---|
Shabbat HaChodesh 896
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4656 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 897
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4657 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 898
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 4658 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 899
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4659 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 900
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4660 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 901
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 4661 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 902
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4662 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 903
Parashat Shmini |
25 Adar II 4663 |
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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