Shabbat Parah 1057 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4817

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4817 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 1054
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 4814
Shabbat Parah 1055
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 4815
Shabbat Parah 1056
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 4816
Shabbat Parah 1057
Parashat Vayakhel
22 Adar 4817
Shabbat Parah 1058
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 4818
Shabbat Parah 1059
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 4819
Shabbat Parah 1060
Parashat Ki Tisa
22 Adar 4820
Shabbat Parah 1061
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 4821

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 35:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 35:21-29 · 9 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 35:30-36:7 · 13 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 36:8-19 · 12 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 36:20-37:16 · 35 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 38:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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