Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4878 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 1115
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4875 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1116
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4876 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1117
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4877 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1118
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4878 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1119
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4879 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1120
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4880 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1121
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4881 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1122
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4882 |
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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