Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4967 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.
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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 1204
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4964 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1205
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4965 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1206
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4966 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1207
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4967 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1208
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4968 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1209
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4969 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1210
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4970 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1211
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4971 |
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
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