Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4834 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 1071
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4831 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1072
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4832 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1073
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4833 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1074
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4834 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1075
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4835 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1076
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4836 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1077
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4837 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1078
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4838 |
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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