Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5190 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 1427
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5187 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1428
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5188 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1429
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5189 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1430
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5190 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1431
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5191 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1432
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5192 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1433
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5193 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1434
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5194 |
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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