Shabbat Zachor 4872 / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר 8632

Shabbat of Remembrance 🕍

Shabbat Zachor for Hebrew Year 8632 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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Dates for Shabbat Zachor

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Zachor 4869
Parashat Vayikra
11 Adar II 8629
Shabbat Zachor 4870
Parashat Terumah
8 Adar 8630
Shabbat Zachor 4871
Parashat Tetzaveh
11 Adar 8631
Shabbat Zachor 4872
Parashat Vayikra
11 Adar II 8632
Shabbat Zachor 4873
Parashat Tetzaveh
13 Adar 8633
Shabbat Zachor 4874
Parashat Vayikra
8 Adar II 8634
Shabbat Zachor 4875
Parashat Tetzaveh
11 Adar 8635
Shabbat Zachor 4876
Parashat Tetzaveh
13 Adar 8636

Tanakh

Shabbat Zachor / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayikra · Leviticus 1:1-5:26; Deuteronomy 25:17-19

  1. 1: Leviticus 1:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 1:14-2:6 · 10 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 2:7-16 · 10 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 3:1-17 · 17 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 4:1-26 · 26 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 4:27-5:10 · 19 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 5:11-26 · 16 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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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