Shabbat Parah 119 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 119 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 3879

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3879 began on Friday, 17 March 0119 and ended on Saturday, 18 March 0119. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 116 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 20Mar 20	SaturdaySat, March 21Mar 21	20 Adar II 3876
Shabbat Parah 117 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 12Mar 12	SaturdaySat, March 13Mar 13	23 Adar 3877
Shabbat Parah 118 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 25Feb 25	SaturdaySat, February 26Feb 26	18 Adar 3878
Shabbat Parah 119 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 17Mar 17	SaturdaySat, March 18Mar 18	20 Adar II 3879
Shabbat Parah 120 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, March 8Mar 8	SaturdaySat, March 9Mar 9	22 Adar 3880
Shabbat Parah 121 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 21Feb 21	SaturdaySat, February 22Feb 22	18 Adar 3881
Shabbat Parah 122 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 13Mar 13	SaturdaySat, March 14Mar 14	18 Adar II 3882
Shabbat Parah 123 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 5Mar 5	SaturdaySat, March 6Mar 6	22 Adar 3883

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 18 March 0119 / 20 Adar II 3879

Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Leviticus 6:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
2: Leviticus 6:12-7:10 · 22 p’sukim
3: Leviticus 7:11-38 · 28 p’sukim
4: Leviticus 8:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
5: Leviticus 8:14-21 · 8 p’sukim
6: Leviticus 8:22-29 · 8 p’sukim
7: Leviticus 8:30-36 · 7 p’sukim
maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link): Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link): Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh: Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia: Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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