Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4775 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 1012
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4772 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1013
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4773 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1014
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4774 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1015
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4775 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1016
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4776 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1017
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4777 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1018
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4778 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1019
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4779 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; Numbers 19:1-22
Haftarah for Ashkenazim*:
Ezekiel 36:16-38
· 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah
Haftarah for Sephardim*:
Ezekiel 36:16-36
· 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah
The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld
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