Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4786 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 1023
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4783 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1024
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4784 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1025
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4785 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1026
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4786 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1027
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4787 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1028
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4788 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1029
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4789 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1030
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4790 |
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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