Shabbat Shekalim 543 - Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar

Shabbat Shekalim 543 / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים 4303

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Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar 🕍

Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 4303 began on Friday, 22 February 0543 and ended on Saturday, 23 February 0543. This corresponds to Parashat Terumah.

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

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Shekalim 540 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, February 19Feb 19	SaturdaySat, February 20Feb 20	25 Adar I 4300
Shabbat Shekalim 541 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 10Feb 10	SaturdaySat, February 11Feb 11	27 Sh’vat 4301
Shabbat Shekalim 542 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, March 2Mar 2	SaturdaySat, March 3Mar 3	29 Adar I 4302
Shabbat Shekalim 543 Parashat Terumah	FridayFri, February 22Feb 22	SaturdaySat, February 23Feb 23	1 Adar 4303
Shabbat Shekalim 544 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 7Feb 7	SaturdaySat, February 8Feb 8	27 Sh’vat 4304
Shabbat Shekalim 545 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, February 26Feb 26	SaturdaySat, February 27Feb 27	27 Adar I 4305
Shabbat Shekalim 546 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 18Feb 18	SaturdaySat, February 19Feb 19	29 Sh’vat 4306
Shabbat Shekalim 547 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 3Feb 3	SaturdaySat, February 4Feb 4	25 Sh’vat 4307

Tanakh

Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh) / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים
Saturday, 23 February 0543 / 1 Adar 4303

Torah Portion: Parashat Terumah · Exodus 25:1-27:19; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 30:11-16

1: Exodus 25:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
2: Exodus 25:17-30 · 14 p’sukim
3: Exodus 25:31-26:14 · 24 p’sukim
4: Exodus 26:15-30 · 16 p’sukim
5: Exodus 26:31-37 · 7 p’sukim
6: Exodus 27:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
7*: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
*Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)
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.

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The Jewish Holidays
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