Shabbat Shekalim 5733 / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים 9493

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar 🕍

Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 9493 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . 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

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Shekalim 5730
Parashat Mishpatim
25 Sh’vat 9490
Shabbat Shekalim 5731
Parashat Mishpatim
27 Sh’vat 9491
Shabbat Shekalim 5732
Parashat Vayakhel
29 Adar I 9492
Shabbat Shekalim 5733
Parashat Terumah
1 Adar 9493
Shabbat Shekalim 5734
Parashat Mishpatim
27 Sh’vat 9494
Shabbat Shekalim 5735
Parashat Vayakhel
27 Adar I 9495
Shabbat Shekalim 5736
Parashat Mishpatim
29 Sh’vat 9496
Shabbat Shekalim 5737
Parashat Mishpatim
25 Sh’vat 9497

Tanakh

Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh) / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים

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

  1. 1: Exodus 25:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 25:17-30 · 14 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 25:31-26:14 · 24 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 26:15-30 · 16 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 26:31-37 · 7 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 27:1-19 · 19 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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