Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4986 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 1223
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4983 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1224
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4984 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1225
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4985 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1226
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 4986 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1227
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4987 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1228
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4988 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1229
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4989 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1230
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 4990 |
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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