Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4990 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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.
Read more from ou.org or Wikipedia
Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1231
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4991 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1232
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4992 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1233
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4993 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1234
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4994 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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
When you buy a book using a link on this page, we receive a commission. Thank you for supporting Hebcal.