Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 5490 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 1727
Parashat Terumah |
1 Adar 5487 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1728
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 5488 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1729
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 5489 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1730
Parashat Mishpatim |
1 Adar 5490 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1731
Parashat Vayakhel |
25 Adar I 5491 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1732
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 5492 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1733
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 5493 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1734
Parashat Pekudei |
1 Adar II 5494 |
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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