Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4824 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1066
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4826 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1067
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4827 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1068
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4828 |
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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