Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4915 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 1152
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4912 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1153
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4913 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1154
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4914 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1155
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4915 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1156
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4916 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1157
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4917 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1158
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4918 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1159
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4919 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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