Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3863 began on and ended on . 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 100
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 3860 | ||
Shabbat Parah 101
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3861 | ||
Shabbat Parah 102
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3862 | ||
Shabbat Parah 103
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 3863 | ||
Shabbat Parah 104
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3864 | ||
Shabbat Parah 105
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 3865 | ||
Shabbat Parah 106
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3866 | ||
Shabbat Parah 107
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3867 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; 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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