Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 5195 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 1432
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 5192 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1433
Parashat Pekudei |
1 Adar II 5193 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1434
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 5194 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1435
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 5195 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1436
Parashat Mishpatim |
1 Adar 5196 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1437
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 5197 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1438
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 5198 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1439
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 5199 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20, 30:11-16
Haftarah for Ashkenazim*:
II Kings 12:1-17
· 17 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim
Haftarah for Sephardim*:
II Kings 11:17-12:17
· 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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