6 April 2024 / 27 Adar II 5784
Parashat Shmini is the 26th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.
Torah Portion: Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Exodus 12:1-20
Shemini (“Eighth”) opens with the consecration of the Mishkan (Tabernacle). Two of Aaron’s sons are consumed by a fire sent from God when they attempt to offer a “strange fire.” God describes the animals, birds, and fish that are permissible and prohibited for consumption, as well as some laws of ritual purity.
Shabbat Times for Shafir
Shafir, Israel
- Candle lighting: 18:45 on Friday, Apr 5
- Shabbat
- Shabbat Times for Shafir
- Shafir, Israel
- Candle lighting: 18:45 on Friday, Apr 5
Shabbat HaChodesh / שַׁבָּת הַחֹדֶשׁ
Shabbat before Rosh Chodesh Nissan 🕍
Shabbat HaChodesh for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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.).
- Shabbat HaChodesh occurs on Saturday, Apr 6
- This week’s Torah portion is Parashat Shmini
- Shabbat Mevarchim
Rosh Chodesh Nisan / רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ נִיסָן
Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar 🌒
Rosh Chodesh Nisan for Hebrew Year 5784 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .
Start of month of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. נִיסָן (transliterated Nisan or Nissan) is the 1st month of the Hebrew year, has 30 days, and corresponds to March or April on the Gregorian calendar. רֹאשׁ חוֹדֶשׁ, transliterated Rosh Chodesh or Rosh Hodesh, is a minor holiday that occurs at the beginning of every month in the Hebrew calendar. It is marked by the birth of a new moon.
- Havdalah: 19:41 on Saturday,
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