Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 6335 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 2572
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 6332 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 2573
Parashat Pekudei |
1 Adar II 6333 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 2574
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 6334 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 2575
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 6335 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 2576
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 6336 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 2577
Parashat Mishpatim |
25 Sh’vat 6337 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 2578
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 6338 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 2579
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 6339 |
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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