Shabbat Shekalim 888 - Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar

Shabbat Shekalim 888 / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים 4648

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Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar 🕍

Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 4648 began on Friday, 20 February 0888 and ended on Saturday, 21 February 0888. 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

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Shekalim 885 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 16Feb 16	SaturdaySat, February 17Feb 17	25 Sh’vat 4645
Shabbat Shekalim 886 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 8Feb 8	SaturdaySat, February 9Feb 9	27 Sh’vat 4646
Shabbat Shekalim 887 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, February 28Feb 28	SaturdaySat, March 1Mar 1	29 Adar I 4647
Shabbat Shekalim 888 Parashat Terumah	FridayFri, February 20Feb 20	SaturdaySat, February 21Feb 21	1 Adar 4648
Shabbat Shekalim 889 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 4Feb 4	SaturdaySat, February 5Feb 5	27 Sh’vat 4649
Shabbat Shekalim 890 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, February 24Feb 24	SaturdaySat, February 25Feb 25	27 Adar I 4650
Shabbat Shekalim 891 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 16Feb 16	SaturdaySat, February 17Feb 17	29 Sh’vat 4651
Shabbat Shekalim 892 Parashat Mishpatim	FridayFri, February 1Feb 1	SaturdaySat, February 2Feb 2	25 Sh’vat 4652

Tanakh

Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh) / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים
Saturday, 21 February 0888 / 1 Adar 4648

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

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