Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5079 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 1316
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5076 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1317
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5077 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1318
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5078 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1319
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5079 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1320
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5080 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1321
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5081 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1322
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5082 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1323
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5083 |
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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