Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4821 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1062
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4822 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1063
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4823 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1064
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4824 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1065
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4825 |
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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