Shabbat Shekalim 4449 / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים 8209

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar 🕍

Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 8209 begins at sundown on Friday, 5 March 4449 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 6 March 4449. 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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Tanakh

Shabbat Shekalim / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים
Saturday, 6 March 4449 / 27 Sh’vat 8209

Torah Portion: Parashat Mishpatim · Exodus 21:1-24:18, 30:11-16

1. 1: Exodus 21:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
2. 2: Exodus 21:20-22:3 · 21 p’sukim
3. 3: Exodus 22:4-26 · 23 p’sukim
4. 4: Exodus 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim
5. 5: Exodus 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim
6. 6: Exodus 23:20-25 · 6 p’sukim
7. 7: Exodus 23:26-24:18 · 26 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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