Shabbat Zachor / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר

Shabbat of Remembrance 🕍

Shabbat Zachor for Hebrew Year 5785 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Tetzaveh.

Shabbat Zachor (“Sabbath [of] remembrance שבת זכור) is the Shabbat immediately preceding Purim. Deuteronomy 25:17-19, describing the attack by Amalek, is recounted. There is a tradition from the Talmud that Haman, the antagonist of the Purim story, was descended from Amalek. The portion that is read includes a commandment to remember the attack by Amalek, and therefore at this public reading both men and women make a special effort to hear the reading.

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Dates for Shabbat Zachor

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Zachor 2021
Parashat Terumah
8 Adar 5781
Shabbat Zachor 2022
Parashat Vayikra
9 Adar II 5782
Shabbat Zachor 2023
Parashat Tetzaveh
11 Adar 5783
Shabbat Zachor 2024
Parashat Vayikra
13 Adar II 5784
Shabbat Zachor 2025
Parashat Tetzaveh
8 Adar 5785
Shabbat Zachor 2026
Parashat Tetzaveh
11 Adar 5786
Shabbat Zachor 2027
Parashat Vayikra
11 Adar II 5787
Shabbat Zachor 2028
Parashat Tetzaveh
13 Adar 5788

Tanakh

Shabbat Zachor / שַׁבָּת זָכוֹר

  1. maf: Deuteronomy 25:17-19 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah for Ashkenazim: I Samuel 15:2-34 · 33 p’sukim

Haftarah for Sephardim: I Samuel 15:1-34 · 34 p’sukim

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 Zachor – of Remembrance” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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