Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5259 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.
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 1496
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5256 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1497
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5257 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1498
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5258 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1499
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5259 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1500
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5260 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1501
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5261 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1502
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5262 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1503
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5263 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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