Shabbat Zachor for Hebrew Year 5659 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Zachor 1896
Parashat Tetzaveh |
8 Adar 5656 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 1897
Parashat Vayikra |
9 Adar II 5657 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 1898
Parashat Tetzaveh |
11 Adar 5658 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 1899
Parashat Terumah |
8 Adar 5659 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 1900
Parashat Vayikra |
9 Adar II 5660 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 1901
Parashat Tetzaveh |
11 Adar 5661 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 1902
Parashat Vayikra |
13 Adar II 5662 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 1903
Parashat Tetzaveh |
8 Adar 5663 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Terumah · Exodus 25:1-27:19; Deuteronomy 25:17-19
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
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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