Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5277 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 1514
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5274 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1515
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5275 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1516
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5276 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1517
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5277 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1518
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5278 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1519
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5279 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1520
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5280 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1521
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5281 |
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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