Shabbat Zachor 5019 / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר 8779

Shabbat of Remembrance 🕍

Shabbat Zachor for Hebrew Year 8779 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Terumah.

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 5016
Parashat Vayikra
9 Adar II 8776
Shabbat Zachor 5017
Parashat Tetzaveh
11 Adar 8777
Shabbat Zachor 5018
Parashat Vayikra
11 Adar II 8778
Shabbat Zachor 5019
Parashat Terumah
8 Adar 8779
Shabbat Zachor 5020
Parashat Tetzaveh
11 Adar 8780
Shabbat Zachor 5021
Parashat Vayikra
11 Adar II 8781
Shabbat Zachor 5022
Parashat Tetzaveh
13 Adar 8782
Shabbat Zachor 5023
Parashat Tetzaveh
9 Adar 8783

Tanakh

Shabbat Zachor / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר

Torah Portion: Parashat Terumah · Exodus 25:1-27:19; Deuteronomy 25:17-19

  1. 1: Exodus 25:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 25:17-30 · 14 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 25:31-26:14 · 24 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 26:15-30 · 16 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 26:31-37 · 7 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 27:1-8 · 8 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 27:9-19 · 11 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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