Shabbat Parah 1103 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 4863

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4863 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.

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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 1100
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 4860
Shabbat Parah 1101
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 4861
Shabbat Parah 1102
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 4862
Shabbat Parah 1103
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 4863
Shabbat Parah 1104
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 4864
Shabbat Parah 1105
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 4865
Shabbat Parah 1106
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 4866
Shabbat Parah 1107
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 4867

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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