Shabbat Zachor for Hebrew Year 6612 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayikra.
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 2849
Parashat Tetzaveh |
13 Adar 6609 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2850
Parashat Tzav |
13 Adar II 6610 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2851
Parashat Tetzaveh |
9 Adar 6611 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2852
Parashat Vayikra |
11 Adar II 6612 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2853
Parashat Tetzaveh |
13 Adar 6613 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2854
Parashat Tetzaveh |
9 Adar 6614 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2855
Parashat Vayikra |
9 Adar II 6615 | ||
Shabbat Zachor 2856
Parashat Tetzaveh |
13 Adar 6616 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayikra · Leviticus 1:1-5:26; 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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