Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4891 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 1128
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4888 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1129
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4889 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1130
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4890 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1131
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4891 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1132
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4892 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1133
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4893 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1134
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4894 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1135
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4895 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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