Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 4740 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 977
Parashat Tazria |
1 Nisan 4737 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 978
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
27 Adar 4738 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 979
Parashat Tazria |
27 Adar II 4739 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 980
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4740 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 981
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4741 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 982
Parashat Shmini |
27 Adar II 4742 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 983
Parashat Vayikra |
1 Nisan 4743 | ||
Shabbat HaChodesh 984
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
25 Adar 4744 |
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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