Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 7543 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 3780
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 7540 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3781
Parashat Pekudei |
1 Adar II 7541 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3782
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 7542 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3783
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 7543 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3784
Parashat Mishpatim |
1 Adar 7544 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3785
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 7545 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3786
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 7546 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 3787
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 7547 |
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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