Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4840 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 1077
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4837 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1078
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4838 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1079
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4839 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1080
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4840 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1081
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4841 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1082
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4842 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1083
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4843 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1084
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4844 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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