Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5182 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 1419
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5179 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1420
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5180 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1421
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5181 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1422
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5182 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1423
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5183 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1424
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5184 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1425
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5185 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1426
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5186 |
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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