Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4851 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 1088
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4848 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1089
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4849 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1090
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4850 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1091
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4851 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1092
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4852 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1093
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4853 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1094
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4854 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1095
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4855 |
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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