Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5006 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 1243
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5003 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1244
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5004 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1245
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5005 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1246
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5006 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1247
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5007 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1248
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5008 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1249
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5009 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1250
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5010 |
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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