Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5112 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 1349
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5109 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1350
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5110 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1351
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5111 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1352
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5112 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1353
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5113 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1354
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5114 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1355
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5115 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1356
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5116 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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