Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5152 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 1389
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5149 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1390
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5150 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1391
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5151 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1392
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5152 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1393
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5153 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1394
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5154 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1395
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5155 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1396
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5156 |
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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