Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5142 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1386
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5146 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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