Shabbat Shekalim 4999 / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים 8759

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar 🕍

Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 8759 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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Dates for Shabbat Shekalim

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Shekalim 4996
Parashat Mishpatim
25 Sh’vat 8756
Shabbat Shekalim 4997
Parashat Vayakhel
27 Adar I 8757
Shabbat Shekalim 4998
Parashat Mishpatim
29 Sh’vat 8758
Shabbat Shekalim 4999
Parashat Pekudei
1 Adar II 8759
Shabbat Shekalim 5000
Parashat Mishpatim
27 Sh’vat 8760
Shabbat Shekalim 5001
Parashat Mishpatim
29 Sh’vat 8761
Shabbat Shekalim 5002
Parashat Pekudei
29 Adar I 8762
Shabbat Shekalim 5003
Parashat Mishpatim
25 Sh’vat 8763

Tanakh

Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh) / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים

Torah Portion: Parashat Pekudei · Exodus 38:21-40:38; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 30:11-16

  1. 1: Exodus 38:21-39:1 · 12 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 39:22-32 · 11 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 39:33-43 · 11 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 40:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 40:17-38 · 22 p’sukim
  7. 7*: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)
  8. maf*: Exodus 30:11-16 · 6 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)

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)

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
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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