Shabbat Zachor for Hebrew Year 5771 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 2008
Parashat Vayikra |
8 Adar II 5768 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2009
Parashat Tetzaveh |
11 Adar 5769 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2010
Parashat Tetzaveh |
13 Adar 5770 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2011
Parashat Tzav |
13 Adar II 5771 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2012
Parashat Tetzaveh |
9 Adar 5772 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2013
Parashat Tetzaveh |
13 Adar 5773 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2014
Parashat Tzav |
13 Adar II 5774 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2015
Parashat Tetzaveh |
9 Adar 5775 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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