Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3900 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 137
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3897 | ||
Shabbat Parah 138
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 3898 | ||
Shabbat Parah 139
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3899 | ||
Shabbat Parah 140
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 3900 | ||
Shabbat Parah 141
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 3901 | ||
Shabbat Parah 142
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3902 | ||
Shabbat Parah 143
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 3903 | ||
Shabbat Parah 144
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3904 |
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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