Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 5040 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Mishpatim.
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 1277
Parashat Mishpatim |
25 Sh’vat 5037 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1278
Parashat Vayakhel |
25 Adar I 5038 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1279
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 5039 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1280
Parashat Mishpatim |
1 Adar 5040 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1281
Parashat Vayakhel |
25 Adar I 5041 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1282
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 5042 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1283
Parashat Vayakhel |
29 Adar I 5043 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1284
Parashat Terumah |
1 Adar 5044 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Mishpatim · Exodus 21:1-24:18; 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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