Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4886 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 1123
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4883 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1124
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4884 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1125
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4885 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1126
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4886 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1127
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4887 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1128
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4888 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1129
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4889 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1130
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4890 |
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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