Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5017 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.
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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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Shabbat Parah 1254
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5014 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1255
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5015 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1256
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5016 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1257
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5017 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1258
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5018 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1259
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5019 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1260
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5020 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1261
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5021 |
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
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