Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5117 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1357
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5117 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1358
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5118 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1359
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5119 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1360
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5120 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1361
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5121 |
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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