Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5251 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 1488
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5248 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1489
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5249 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1490
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5250 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1491
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5251 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1492
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5252 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1493
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5253 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1494
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5254 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1495
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5255 |
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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