Shabbat Parah 1303 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 5063

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5063 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.

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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
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
Shabbat Parah 1307
Parashat Ki Tisa
22 Adar 5067

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 30:11-31:17 · 45 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 31:18-33:11 · 47 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 33:12-16 · 5 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 33:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 34:1-9 · 9 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 34:10-26 · 17 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 34:27-35 · 9 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)
The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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