Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5030 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 1267
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5027 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1268
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5028 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1269
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5029 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1270
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5030 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1271
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5031 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1272
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5032 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1273
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5033 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1274
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5034 |
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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