Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4954 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 1191
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4951 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1192
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4952 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1193
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4953 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1194
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4954 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1195
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4955 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1196
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4956 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1197
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4957 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1198
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4958 |
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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