Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 5567 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 1804
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 5564 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1805
Parashat Pekudei |
1 Adar II 5565 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1806
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 5566 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1807
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 5567 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1808
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 5568 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1809
Parashat Mishpatim |
25 Sh’vat 5569 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1810
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 5570 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 1811
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 5571 |
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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