Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4779 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1020
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4780 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1021
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4781 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1022
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4782 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1023
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4783 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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