Shabbat HaChodesh / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍

Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.

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, G-d 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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Dates for Shabbat HaChodesh

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat HaChodesh 2021
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
29 Adar 5781
Shabbat HaChodesh 2022
Parashat Tazria
1 Nisan 5782
Shabbat HaChodesh 2023
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 5783
Shabbat HaChodesh 2024
Parashat Shmini
27 Adar II 5784
Shabbat HaChodesh 2025
Parashat Pekudei
29 Adar 5785
Shabbat HaChodesh 2026
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 5786
Shabbat HaChodesh 2027
Parashat Shmini
25 Adar II 5787
Shabbat HaChodesh 2028
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 5788

Tanakh

Shabbat HaChodesh / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ

  1. maf: Exodus 12:1-20 · 20 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 · 28 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: Ezekiel 45:18-46:15 · 23 p’sukim

Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)

  1. 7: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
  2. maf: Exodus 12:1-20 · 20 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 · 28 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: Ezekiel 45:18-46:15 · 23 p’sukim

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 HaChodesh” 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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