Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 9963 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Shekalim 6200
Parashat Mishpatim |
25 Sh’vat 9960 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 6201
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 9961 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 6202
Parashat Vayakhel |
27 Adar I 9962 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 6203
Parashat Mishpatim |
1 Adar 9963 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 6204
Parashat Vayakhel |
25 Adar I 9964 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 6205
Parashat Mishpatim |
27 Sh’vat 9965 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 6206
Parashat Mishpatim |
29 Sh’vat 9966 | ||
Shabbat Shekalim 6207
Parashat Pekudei |
1 Adar II 9967 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Mishpatim · Exodus 21:1-24:18; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 30:11-16
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)
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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