Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5546 began on and ended 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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| Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1783
 Parashat Shmini  | 
25 Adar II 5543 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1784
 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei  | 
27 Adar 5544 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1785
 Parashat Vayikra  | 
1 Nisan 5545 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1786
 Parashat Shmini  | 
25 Adar II 5546 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1787
 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei  | 
27 Adar 5547 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1788
 Parashat Tazria  | 
27 Adar II 5548 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1789
 Parashat Vayikra  | 
1 Nisan 5549 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1790
 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei  | 
27 Adar 5550 | 
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 12:1-20
Haftarah for Ashkenazim*:
Ezekiel 45:16-46:18
 · 28 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh
Haftarah for Sephardim*:
Ezekiel 45:18-46:15
 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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