Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4791 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1031
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4791 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1032
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4792 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1033
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4793 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1034
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4794 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1035
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4795 |
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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