Shabbat Shekalim ("Sabbath [of] shekels" שבת שקלים) read in preparation for Purim, requests each adult male Jew contribute half of a Biblical shekel for the upkeep of the Tent of Meeting. The Torah portion Exodus 30:11-16 is read. This Shabbat takes place on the Shabbat before the 1st of the Hebrew calendar month of Adar, or on the 1st of Adar itself if it falls on Shabbat. In leap years on the Hebrew calendar, when there are two months of Adar, Shabbat Shekalim is on the Shabbat before the 1st of Adar II (or on the 1st of Adar II itself if it is Shabbat).
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List of Dates
Shabbat Shekalim begins in the Diaspora on:- Fri, 04 March 2011 at sundown (29th of Adar I, 5771)
- Fri, 17 February 2012 at sundown (25th of Sh'vat, 5772)
- Fri, 08 February 2013 at sundown (29th of Sh'vat, 5773)
- Fri, 28 February 2014 at sundown (29th of Adar I, 5774)
- Fri, 13 February 2015 at sundown (25th of Sh'vat, 5775)
- Fri, 04 March 2016 at sundown (25th of Adar I, 5776)
Shabbat Shekalim - שבת שקלים
Torah Portion: Exodus 30:11 - 30:16 (special maftir)
maf: Exodus 30:11-16
(6 p'sukim)
Haftarah: II Kings 12:1 - 12:17
Shabbat Shekalim (on Rosh Chodesh) - שבת שקלים
Torah Portion: Numbers 28:9 - 28:15 & Exodus 30:11 - 30:16
8: Numbers 28:9-15
(7 p'sukim)
maf: Exodus 30:11-16
(6 p'sukim)
Haftarah: II Kings 12:1 - 12:17
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.