Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4957 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.
Read more from ou.org or Wikipedia
Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1199
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4959 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1200
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4960 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1201
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4961 |
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
When you buy a book using a link on this page, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting Hebcal.