Shabbat Zachor 1656 / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר 5416

Shabbat of Remembrance 🕍

Shabbat Zachor for Hebrew Year 5416 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Terumah.

Shabbat Zachor (“Sabbath [of] remembrance שבת זכור) is the Shabbat immediately preceding Purim. Deuteronomy 25:17-19, describing the attack by Amalek, is recounted. There is a tradition from the Talmud that Haman, the antagonist of the Purim story, was descended from Amalek. The portion that is read includes a commandment to remember the attack by Amalek, and therefore at this public reading both men and women make a special effort to hear the reading.

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Dates for Shabbat Zachor

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Zachor 1653
Parashat Vayikra
9 Adar II 5413
Shabbat Zachor 1654
Parashat Tetzaveh
11 Adar 5414
Shabbat Zachor 1655
Parashat Vayikra
11 Adar II 5415
Shabbat Zachor 1656
Parashat Terumah
8 Adar 5416
Shabbat Zachor 1657
Parashat Tetzaveh
11 Adar 5417
Shabbat Zachor 1658
Parashat Vayikra
11 Adar II 5418
Shabbat Zachor 1659
Parashat Tetzaveh
13 Adar 5419
Shabbat Zachor 1660
Parashat Tetzaveh
9 Adar 5420

Tanakh

Shabbat Zachor / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר

Torah Portion: Parashat Terumah · Exodus 25:1-27:19; Deuteronomy 25:17-19

  1. 1: Exodus 25:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 25:17-30 · 14 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 25:31-26:14 · 24 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 26:15-30 · 16 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 26:31-37 · 7 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 27:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 27:9-19 · 11 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Deuteronomy 25:17-19 · 3 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Zachor

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: I Samuel 15:2-34 · 33 p’sukim
*Shabbat Zachor

Haftarah for Sephardim*: I Samuel 15:1-34 · 34 p’sukim
*Shabbat Zachor

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 Zachor – of Remembrance” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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