Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4897 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 1134
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4894 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1135
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4895 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1136
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4896 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1137
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4897 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1138
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4898 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1139
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4899 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1140
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4900 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1141
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4901 |
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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