Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5062 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 1299
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5059 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1300
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5060 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1301
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5061 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1302
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5062 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1303
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5063 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1304
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5064 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1305
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5065 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1306
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5066 |
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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