Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5162 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 1399
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5159 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1400
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5160 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1401
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5161 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1402
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5162 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1403
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5163 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1404
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5164 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1405
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5165 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1406
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5166 |
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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