Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5224 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 1461
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5221 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1462
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5222 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1463
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5223 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1464
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5224 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1465
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5225 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1466
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5226 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1467
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5227 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1468
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5228 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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