Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 6874 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 3111
Parashat Mishpatim |
25 Sh’vat 6871 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3112
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 6872 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3113
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 6873 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3114
Parashat Mishpatim |
1 Adar 6874 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3115
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 6875 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3116
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 6876 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3117
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 6877 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3118
Parashat Pekudei |
1 Adar II 6878 |
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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