Shabbat Zachor 800 / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר 4560

Shabbat of Remembrance 🕍

Shabbat Zachor for Hebrew Year 4560 began on and ended 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 797
Parashat Tetzaveh
9 Adar 4557
Shabbat Zachor 798
Parashat Vayikra
11 Adar II 4558
Shabbat Zachor 799
Parashat Tetzaveh
13 Adar 4559
Shabbat Zachor 800
Parashat Tzav
13 Adar II 4560
Shabbat Zachor 801
Parashat Tetzaveh
9 Adar 4561
Shabbat Zachor 802
Parashat Tetzaveh
13 Adar 4562
Shabbat Zachor 803
Parashat Tzav
13 Adar II 4563
Shabbat Zachor 804
Parashat Tetzaveh
9 Adar 4564

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: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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