Shabbat Zachor 4779 / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר 8539

Shabbat of Remembrance 🕍

Shabbat Zachor for Hebrew Year 8539 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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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Dates for Shabbat Zachor

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Zachor 4776
Parashat Tetzaveh
9 Adar 8536
Shabbat Zachor 4777
Parashat Vayikra
11 Adar II 8537
Shabbat Zachor 4778
Parashat Tetzaveh
13 Adar 8538
Shabbat Zachor 4779
Parashat Tzav
13 Adar II 8539
Shabbat Zachor 4780
Parashat Tetzaveh
9 Adar 8540
Shabbat Zachor 4781
Parashat Tetzaveh
13 Adar 8541
Shabbat Zachor 4782
Parashat Tzav
13 Adar II 8542
Shabbat Zachor 4783
Parashat Tetzaveh
9 Adar 8543

Tanakh

Shabbat Zachor / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר

Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; Deuteronomy 25:17-19

  1. 1: Leviticus 6:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 6:12-7:10 · 22 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 7:11-38 · 28 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 8:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 8:14-21 · 8 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 8:22-29 · 8 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 8:30-36 · 7 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
by Michael Strassfeld

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