Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5043 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 1280
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5040 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1281
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5041 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1282
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5042 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1283
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5043 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1284
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5044 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1285
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5045 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1286
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5046 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1287
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5047 |
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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