Shabbat Shekalim 688 - Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar

Shabbat Shekalim 688 / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים 4448

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Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar 🕍

Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 4448 began on Friday, 10 February 0688 and ended on Saturday, 11 February 0688. 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

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Shekalim 685 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 6Feb 6	SaturdaySat, February 7Feb 7	25 Sh’vat 4445
Shabbat Shekalim 686 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, February 26Feb 26	SaturdaySat, February 27Feb 27	25 Adar I 4446
Shabbat Shekalim 687 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 18Feb 18	SaturdaySat, February 19Feb 19	27 Sh’vat 4447
Shabbat Shekalim 688 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 10Feb 10	SaturdaySat, February 11Feb 11	1 Adar 4448
Shabbat Shekalim 689 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, February 22Feb 22	SaturdaySat, February 23Feb 23	25 Adar I 4449
Shabbat Shekalim 690 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 14Feb 14	SaturdaySat, February 15Feb 15	27 Sh’vat 4450
Shabbat Shekalim 691 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 6Feb 6	SaturdaySat, February 7Feb 7	29 Sh’vat 4451
Shabbat Shekalim 692 Parashat Pekudei	FridayFri, February 26Feb 26	SaturdaySat, February 27Feb 27	1 Adar II 4452

Tanakh

Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh) / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים
Saturday, 11 February 0688 / 1 Adar 4448

Torah Portion: Parashat Mishpatim · Exodus 21:1-24:18; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 30:11-16

1: Exodus 21:1-19 · 19 p’sukim
2: Exodus 21:20-22:3 · 21 p’sukim
3: Exodus 22:4-26 · 23 p’sukim
4: Exodus 22:27-23:5 · 9 p’sukim
5: Exodus 23:6-19 · 14 p’sukim
6: Exodus 23:20-24:18 · 32 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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