Shabbat HaChodesh 2016 / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ 5776

Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍

Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5776 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 2013
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 5773
Shabbat HaChodesh 2014
Parashat Tazria
27 Adar II 5774
Shabbat HaChodesh 2015
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 5775
Shabbat HaChodesh 2016
Parashat Tazria
1 Nisan 5776
Shabbat HaChodesh 2017
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
27 Adar 5777
Shabbat HaChodesh 2018
Parashat Vayikra
1 Nisan 5778
Shabbat HaChodesh 2019
Parashat Tazria
1 Nisan 5779
Shabbat HaChodesh 2020
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
25 Adar 5780

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
by Michael Strassfeld

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