Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 5380 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 1617
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 5377 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1618
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 5378 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1619
Parashat Mishpatim |
25 Sh’vat 5379 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1620
Parashat Vayakhel |
25 Adar I 5380 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1621
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 5381 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1622
Parashat Mishpatim |
25 Sh’vat 5382 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1623
Parashat Vayakhel |
25 Adar I 5383 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1624
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 5384 |
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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