Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 4777 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Pekudei.
Shabbat Shekalim (“Sabbath [of] shekels” שבת שקלים) read in preparation for Purim, requests each adult male Jew contribute half of a Biblical shekel for the upkeep of the Tent of Meeting. The Torah portion Exodus 30:11-16 is read. This Shabbat takes place on the Shabbat before the 1st of the Hebrew calendar month of Adar, or on the 1st of Adar itself if it falls on Shabbat. In leap years on the Hebrew calendar, when there are two months of Adar, Shabbat Shekalim is on the Shabbat before the 1st of Adar II (or on the 1st of Adar II itself if it is Shabbat).
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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Shekalim 1014
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 4774 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1015
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 4775 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1016
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 4776 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1017
Parashat Pekudei |
1 Adar II 4777 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1018
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 4778 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1019
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 4779 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1020
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar I 4780 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1021
Parashat Mishpatim |
25 Sh’vat 4781 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Pekudei · Exodus 38:21-40:38; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 30:11-16
Haftarah for Ashkenazim*:
II Kings 12:1-17
· 17 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)
Haftarah for Sephardim*:
II Kings 11:17-12:17
· 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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