Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5234 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 1471
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5231 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1472
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5232 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1473
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5233 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1474
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5234 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1475
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5235 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1476
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5236 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1477
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5237 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1478
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5238 |
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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