Shabbat · Shabbat
שבת
9 Adar 5778
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Torah Portion
Parashat Tetzaveh
פָּרָשַׁת תְּצַוֶּה
Holiday / Observance
Shabbat Zachor
Today's Art from Israel
Dancing Shadows of Tzfat Watercolor by Leah Luria Print on Fine Art Paper or Canvas Giclée
View ArtworkNotable on 9 Adar
First Dispute Between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai
Traditional date of the first dispute between Beit Hillel and Beit Shammai.
Rav Chaim Ephraim Zeitchek
Mashgiach of Novardok in Yerushalayim and Rosh Yeshivas Ohr Chodosh.
Rav Menachem Mendel Stern
Student of Rav Yaakov Lorberbaum of Lissa, he served as Rav of Sighet, Hungary.
Rav Shimon Shkop
One of the great Talmudic methodologists, Rosh Yeshiva of Shaarei Torah in Grodno, and author of the widely studied Sha'arei Yosher.
Rav Shmuel Dovid Ungar
Nitra Rav and Rosh Yeshiva.
Rav Yechiel Schlesinger
Founded Kol Torah Yeshiva in Yerushalayim in 1939, served as a dayan in Frankfurt.
About 9 Adar 5778
Saturday, February 24, 2018 corresponds to 9 Adar 5778 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.
The Torah portion for this week is Parashat Tetzaveh (פָּרָשַׁת תְּצַוֶּה). The weekly Torah reading cycle divides the Five Books of Moses into portions read in synagogues each Shabbat.
Shabbat Zachor falls on this date. Jewish holidays follow the Hebrew calendar and may shift on the Gregorian calendar from year to year.