Shabbat Parah 100 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 100 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 3860

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3860 began on Friday, 19 March 0100 and ended on Saturday, 20 March 0100. This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.

Shabbat Parah (“Sabbath [of the] red heifer” שבת פרה) takes place on the Shabbat before Shabbat HaChodesh, in preparation for Passover. Numbers 19:1-22 describes the parah adumah (“red heifer”) in the Jewish temple as part of the manner in which the kohanim and the Jewish people purified themselves so that they would be ready (“pure”) to sacrifice the korban Pesach.

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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 97 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 22Mar 22	SaturdaySat, March 23Mar 23	23 Adar II 3857
Shabbat Parah 98 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 7Mar 7	SaturdaySat, March 8Mar 8	18 Adar 3858
Shabbat Parah 99 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 27Feb 27	SaturdaySat, February 28Feb 28	20 Adar 3859
Shabbat Parah 100 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 19Mar 19	SaturdaySat, March 20Mar 20	22 Adar II 3860
Shabbat Parah 101 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 4Mar 4	SaturdaySat, March 5Mar 5	18 Adar 3861
Shabbat Parah 102 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 24Feb 24	SaturdaySat, February 25Feb 25	20 Adar 3862
Shabbat Parah 103 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 16Mar 16	SaturdaySat, March 17Mar 17	20 Adar II 3863
Shabbat Parah 104 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 7Mar 7	SaturdaySat, March 8Mar 8	23 Adar 3864

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 20 March 0100 / 22 Adar II 3860

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim
maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

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 Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia: Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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