Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5713 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 1950
 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei  | 
29 Adar 5710 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1951
 Parashat Tazria  | 
1 Nisan 5711 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1952
 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei  | 
25 Adar 5712 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1953
 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei  | 
27 Adar 5713 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1954
 Parashat Tazria  | 
29 Adar II 5714 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1955
 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei  | 
25 Adar 5715 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1956
 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei  | 
27 Adar 5716 | ||
| Shabbat HaChodesh 1957
 Parashat Tazria  | 
27 Adar II 5717 | 
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38, 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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