Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4797 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 1034
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4794 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1035
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4795 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1036
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4796 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1037
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4797 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1038
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4798 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1039
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4799 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1040
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4800 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1041
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4801 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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