Shabbat Chazon for Hebrew Year 5712 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Devarim.
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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Chazon 1949
Parashat Devarim |
4 Av 5709 | ||
Shabbat Chazon 1950
Parashat Devarim |
8 Av 5710 | ||
Shabbat Chazon 1951
Parashat Devarim |
9 Av 5711 | ||
Shabbat Chazon 1952
Parashat Devarim |
4 Av 5712 | ||
Shabbat Chazon 1953
Parashat Devarim |
6 Av 5713 | ||
Shabbat Chazon 1954
Parashat Devarim |
8 Av 5714 | ||
Shabbat Chazon 1955
Parashat Devarim |
4 Av 5715 | ||
Shabbat Chazon 1956
Parashat Devarim |
6 Av 5716 |
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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