Shabbat Shekalim / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Adar 🕍

Shabbat Shekalim for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on Friday, 28 February 2025 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 1 March 2025. 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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Tanakh

Shabbat Shekalim / שַׁבָּת שְׁקָלִים

1. maf: Exodus 30:11-16 · 6 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: II Kings 12:1-17 · 17 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: II Kings 11:17-12:17 · 21 p’sukim

Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh)

1. 7: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
2. maf: Exodus 30:11-16 · 6 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: II Kings 12:1-17 · 17 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: II Kings 11:17-12:17 · 21 p’sukim

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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