Shabbat Shekalim 8061 / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים 11821

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar 🕍

Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 11821 begins at sundown on Friday, 1 April 8061 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 2 April 8061. This corresponds to Parashat Pekudei.

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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Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh) / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים
Saturday, 2 April 8061 / 1 Adar II 11821

Torah Portion: Parashat Pekudei · Exodus 38:21-40:38; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 30:11-16

1. 1: Exodus 38:21-39:1 · 12 p’sukim
2. 2: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
3. 3: Exodus 39:22-32 · 11 p’sukim
4. 4: Exodus 39:33-43 · 11 p’sukim
5. 5: Exodus 40:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
6. 6: Exodus 40:17-38 · 22 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

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