Shabbat Zachor 4780 / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר 8540

Shabbat of Remembrance 🕍

Shabbat Zachor for Hebrew Year 8540 begins at sundown on Friday, 21 March 4780 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 22 March 4780. This corresponds to Parashat Tetzaveh.

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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Tanakh

Shabbat Zachor / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר
Saturday, 22 March 4780 / 9 Adar 8540

Torah Portion: Parashat Tetzaveh · Exodus 27:20-30:10; Deuteronomy 25:17-19

1. 1: Exodus 27:20-28:12 · 14 p’sukim
2. 2: Exodus 28:13-30 · 18 p’sukim
3. 3: Exodus 28:31-43 · 13 p’sukim
4. 4: Exodus 29:1-18 · 18 p’sukim
5. 5: Exodus 29:19-37 · 19 p’sukim
6. 6: Exodus 29:38-46 · 9 p’sukim
7. 7: Exodus 30:1-10 · 10 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

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