Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 4995 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 1232
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4992 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1233
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 4993 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1234
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4994 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1235
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 4995 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1236
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 4996 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1237
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 4997 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1238
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4998 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1239
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 4999 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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