Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4808 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 1045
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4805 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1046
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4806 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1047
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4807 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1048
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4808 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1049
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4809 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1050
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4810 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1051
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4811 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1052
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4812 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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