Shabbat Shekalim 2019 / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים 5779

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar 🕍

Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 5779 began on Friday, 1 March 2019 and ended on Saturday, 2 March 2019. 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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Tanakh

Shabbat Shekalim / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים
Saturday, 2 March 2019 / 25 Adar I 5779

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20, 30:11-16

1. 1: Exodus 35:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
2. 2: Exodus 35:21-29 · 9 p’sukim
3. 3: Exodus 35:30-36:7 · 13 p’sukim
4. 4: Exodus 36:8-19 · 12 p’sukim
5. 5: Exodus 36:20-37:16 · 35 p’sukim
6. 6: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
7. 7: Exodus 38:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
8. maf*: Exodus 30:11-16 · 6 p’sukim
   *Shabbat Shekalim

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

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)

Rabbi Michael Strassfeld

Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)

Jewish Publication Society

Sefaria Tanakh

Sefaria.org

“Shabbat Shekalim – of Shekels” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

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