Shabbat Zachor 4901 / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר 8661

Shabbat of Remembrance 🕍

Shabbat Zachor for Hebrew Year 8661 begins at sundown on Friday, 4 March 4901 and ends at nightfall on Saturday, 5 March 4901. 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, 5 March 4901 / 9 Adar 8661

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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