Shabbat Chazon / שַׁבָּת חֲזוֹן

Shabbat of Prophecy/Shabbat of Vision 🕍

Shabbat Chazon for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .

Shabbat Chazon (“Sabbath [of] vision” שבת חזון) takes its name from the Haftarah that is read on the Shabbat immediately prior to the mournful fast of Tisha B’Av, from the words of rebuke and doom coming from Isaiah in the Book of Isaiah 1:1-27. It is also referred to as the Black Sabbath due to its status as the saddest Shabbat of the year (as opposed to the White Sabbath, Shabbat Shuvah, immediately precededing Yom Kippur).

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Dates for Shabbat Chazon

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Chazon 2021 8 Av 5781
Shabbat Chazon 2022 9 Av 5782
Shabbat Chazon 2023 4 Av 5783
Shabbat Chazon 2024 6 Av 5784
Shabbat Chazon 2025 8 Av 5785
Shabbat Chazon 2026 4 Av 5786
Shabbat Chazon 2027 4 Av 5787
Shabbat Chazon 2028 6 Av 5788

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Shabbat Chazon – of Vision” 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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