Shabbat HaChodesh 1978 / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ 5738

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍

Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5738 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tazria.

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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Dates for Shabbat HaChodesh

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat HaChodesh 1975
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 5735
Shabbat HaChodesh 1976
Parashat Shmini
25 Adar II 5736
Shabbat HaChodesh 1977
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
29 Adar 5737
Shabbat HaChodesh 1978
Parashat Tazria
1 Nisan 5738
Shabbat HaChodesh 1979
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 5739
Shabbat HaChodesh 1980
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 5740
Shabbat HaChodesh 1981
Parashat Tazria
29 Adar II 5741
Shabbat HaChodesh 1982
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 5742

Tanakh

Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh) / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ

Torah Portion: Parashat Tazria · Leviticus 12:1-13:59; Numbers 28:9-15; Exodus 12:1-20

  1. 1: Leviticus 12:1-13:5 · 13 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 13:6-17 · 12 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 13:18-23 · 6 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 13:24-28 · 5 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 13:29-39 · 11 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 13:40-59 · 20 p’sukim
  7. 7*: Numbers 28:9-15 · 7 p’sukim
    *Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)
  8. maf*: Exodus 12:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
    *Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 · 28 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 45:18-46:15 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat HaChodesh (on Rosh Chodesh)

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat HaChodesh” 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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