Shabbat Parah 1381 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 5141

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5141 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
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
Shabbat Parah 1381
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 5141
Shabbat Parah 1382
Parashat Vayakhel
22 Adar 5142
Shabbat Parah 1383
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 5143
Shabbat Parah 1384
Parashat Tzav
18 Adar II 5144
Shabbat Parah 1385
Parashat Ki Tisa
20 Adar 5145

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Leviticus 6:1-11 · 11 p’sukim
  2. 2: Leviticus 6:12-7:10 · 22 p’sukim
  3. 3: Leviticus 7:11-38 · 28 p’sukim
  4. 4: Leviticus 8:1-13 · 13 p’sukim
  5. 5: Leviticus 8:14-21 · 8 p’sukim
  6. 6: Leviticus 8:22-29 · 8 p’sukim
  7. 7: Leviticus 8:30-36 · 7 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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