Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5136 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 1373
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5133 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1374
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5134 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1375
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5135 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1376
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5136 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1377
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5137 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1378
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5138 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1379
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5139 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1380
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5140 |
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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