Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4979 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1221
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4981 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1222
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4982 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1223
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4983 |
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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