Shabbat · Shabbat
שבת
29 Adar I 5757
Saturday, March 8, 1997
Torah Portion
Parashat Vayakhel
פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵל
Holiday / Observance
Shabbat Shekalim
Notable on 29 Adar I
Austrian Jews Required to Belong to Government Religious Community
Jews of Austria were required by law to belong to the government-established religious community, 1890.
Napoleon Captures Jaffa
Napoleon captured the city of Jaffa, Palestine, 1799.
Rav Shlomo HaCohen Rabinowitz of Radomsk
First Rebbe of the Radomsk dynasty, author of Tiferes Shlomo on Chumash and the Moadim.
Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky
Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodaas who, along with Rav Moshe Feinstein, led American Jewry in halachic and spiritual guidance. Author of Emes LeYaakov.
About 29 Adar I 5757
Saturday, March 8, 1997 corresponds to 29 Adar I 5757 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.
The Torah portion for this week is Parashat Vayakhel (פָּרָשַׁת וַיַּקְהֵל). The weekly Torah reading cycle divides the Five Books of Moses into portions read in synagogues each Shabbat.
Shabbat Shekalim falls on this date. Jewish holidays follow the Hebrew calendar and may shift on the Gregorian calendar from year to year.