Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 7527 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Pekudei.
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 3764
Parashat Pekudei |
1 Adar II 7524 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3765
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 7525 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3766
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 7526 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3767
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar I 7527 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3768
Parashat Mishpatim |
25 Sh’vat 7528 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3769
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 7529 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3770
Parashat Pekudei |
29 Adar I 7530 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3771
Parashat Mishpatim |
25 Sh’vat 7531 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Pekudei · Exodus 38:21-40:38, 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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