Shabbat · Shabbat
שבת
1 Adar 5785
Saturday, March 1, 2025
Torah Portion
Parashat Terumah
פָּרָשַׁת תְּרוּמָה
Holidays & Observances
Shabbat Shekalim
Rosh Chodesh Adar
Notable on 1 Adar
Beginning of the Plague of Darkness
Beginning of the Plague of Darkness.
Private Purim of Rabbi Yom Tov Lipmann Heller
Private Purim of Rabbi Yom Tov Lipmann Heller, Rav of Cracow, 1643.
Rav Avraham Ibn Ezra
Spanish-born Torah commentator, grammarian, astronomer, and mathematician who wrote a commentary on the Torah and Navi rooted in Hebrew grammar and the plain meaning of the text.
Rav Azarya Figo
Rav of Venice, author of Binah La'itim and Gidulei Terumah.
Rav Baruch Halberstam of Gorlitz
Son of Rav Chaim of Sanz, served as Rav of Rudnick and later of Gorlitz.
Rav Baruch Rosenberg
Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka in Bnei Brak, who escaped to Shanghai with the Mir Yeshiva during WWII and served as maggid shiur for 50 years.
Rav Emanuel Chai Riki
Kabbalist and author of Mishnas Chassidim, who received semicha from Rav Chaim Abulafia in Tzefas.
Rav Menachem Mendel of Shklov
Leader of the aliya of the followers of the Vilna Gaon to Eretz Yisrael, establishing many Minhagei Yerushalayim.
Rav Shabsai HaKohen Katz
Author of Sifsei Kohen (Shach), one of the most authoritative commentaries on the Shulchan Aruch, completing his commentary on Yoreh De'ah at age 24.
Rav Yitzchak Eizik Safrin of Komarna
Author of Heichal HaBrachah and Zohar Chai, father of Rav Tzvi Hirsch of Zhidachov and Rav Yissochor Berish of Zhidachov.
Rav Yitzchak Isaac Eichenstein
The Kiviashder Rav of Forest Hills, Queens, Holocaust survivor who established the Central Rabbinical Council of the United States and Canada in 1953.
About 1 Adar 5785
Saturday, March 1, 2025 corresponds to 1 Adar 5785 on the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar. The Hebrew date begins at sunset on the preceding evening.
The Torah portion for this week is Parashat Terumah (פָּרָשַׁת תְּרוּמָה). The weekly Torah reading cycle divides the Five Books of Moses into portions read in synagogues each Shabbat.
Shabbat Shekalim, Rosh Chodesh Adar fall on this date. Jewish holidays follow the Hebrew calendar and may shift on the Gregorian calendar from year to year.