Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3890 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 127
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 3887 | ||
Shabbat Parah 128
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3888 | ||
Shabbat Parah 129
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3889 | ||
Shabbat Parah 130
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 3890 | ||
Shabbat Parah 131
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3891 | ||
Shabbat Parah 132
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3892 | ||
Shabbat Parah 133
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 3893 | ||
Shabbat Parah 134
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3894 |
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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