Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 13540 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 9777
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 13537 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 9778
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 13538 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 9779
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 13539 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 9780
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 13540 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 9781
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 13541 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 9782
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 13542 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 9783
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 13543 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 9784
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 13544 |
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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