Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4716 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 953
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4713 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 954
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4714 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 955
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 4715 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 956
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4716 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 957
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4717 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 958
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 4718 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 959
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar 4719 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 960
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4720 |
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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