Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4906 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1147
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4907 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1148
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4908 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1149
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4909 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1150
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4910 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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