Shabbat HaChodesh ("Sabbath [of the] month" שבת החודש) precedes the first of the Hebrew month of Nisan during which Passover is celebrated. Exodus 12:1-20 and the laws of Passover. On the first day of Nisan, God presented the first commandment of how to "sanctify the new moon" (kiddush hachodesh) for the onset of Rosh Chodesh and thus Nisan becomes the first month of the Jewish year (counting by months.).
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List of Dates
Shabbat HaChodesh begins at sundown in the Diaspora on:- Fri, 01 April 2011 (27th of Adar II, 5771)
- Fri, 23 March 2012 (1st of Nisan, 5772)
- Fri, 08 March 2013 (27th of Adar, 5773)
- Fri, 28 March 2014 (27th of Adar II, 5774)
- Fri, 20 March 2015 (1st of Nisan, 5775)
- Fri, 08 April 2016 (1st of Nisan, 5776)
Shabbat HaChodesh - שבת החדש
Torah Portion: Exodus 12:1 - 12:20 (special maftir)
maf: Exodus 12:1-20
(20 p'sukim)
Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16 - 46:18
Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh) - שבת החדש
Torah Portion: Numbers 28:9 - 28:15 & Exodus 12:1 - 12:20
8: Numbers 28:9-15
(7 p'sukim)
maf: Exodus 12:1-20
(20 p'sukim)
Haftarah: Ezekiel 45:16 - 46:18
References
- The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary
- Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
- Hebrew - English Bible
- Mechon Mamre
- Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures
- Jewish Publication Society
- "Special Shabbat" in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
- Wikimedia Foundation Inc.