Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4872 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 1109
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4869 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1110
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4870 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1111
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4871 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1112
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4872 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1113
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4873 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1114
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4874 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1115
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4875 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1116
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4876 |
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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