Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4961 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1202
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4962 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1203
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4963 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1204
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4964 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1205
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4965 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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