Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 5315 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 1552
Parashat Vayakhel |
25 Adar I 5312 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1553
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 5313 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1554
Parashat Mishpatim |
1 Adar 5314 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1555
Parashat Vayakhel |
25 Adar I 5315 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1556
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 5316 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1557
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 5317 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1558
Parashat Pekudei |
1 Adar II 5318 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1559
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 5319 |
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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