Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4976 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 1213
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 4973 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1214
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4974 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1215
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4975 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1216
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4976 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1217
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4977 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1218
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4978 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1219
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4979 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1220
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4980 |
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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