Shabbat Zachor 8974 / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר 12734

Shabbat of Remembrance 🕍

Shabbat Zachor for Hebrew Year 12734 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 8971
Parashat Tetzaveh
9 Adar 12731
Shabbat Zachor 8972
Parashat Tetzaveh
11 Adar 12732
Shabbat Zachor 8973
Parashat Vayikra
11 Adar II 12733
Shabbat Zachor 8974
Parashat Terumah
8 Adar 12734
Shabbat Zachor 8975
Parashat Tetzaveh
11 Adar 12735
Shabbat Zachor 8976
Parashat Vayikra
11 Adar II 12736
Shabbat Zachor 8977
Parashat Tetzaveh
13 Adar 12737
Shabbat Zachor 8978
Parashat Vayikra
8 Adar II 12738

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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