Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4902 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1142
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4902 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1143
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4903 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1144
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4904 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1145
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4905 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1146
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4906 |
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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