Shabbat Shekalim 5579 / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים 9339

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar 🕍

Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 9339 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . 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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Dates for Shabbat Shekalim

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Shekalim 5576
Parashat Mishpatim
29 Sh’vat 9336
Shabbat Shekalim 5577
Parashat Pekudei
29 Adar I 9337
Shabbat Shekalim 5578
Parashat Mishpatim
25 Sh’vat 9338
Shabbat Shekalim 5579
Parashat Mishpatim
27 Sh’vat 9339
Shabbat Shekalim 5580
Parashat Vayakhel
29 Adar I 9340
Shabbat Shekalim 5581
Parashat Mishpatim
25 Sh’vat 9341
Shabbat Shekalim 5582
Parashat Mishpatim
27 Sh’vat 9342
Shabbat Shekalim 5583
Parashat Vayakhel
29 Adar I 9343

Tanakh

Shabbat Shekalim / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים

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

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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