Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4936 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 1173
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4933 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1174
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4934 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1175
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4935 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1176
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4936 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1177
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4937 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1178
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4938 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1179
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4939 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1180
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4940 |
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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