Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5288 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 1525
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5285 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1526
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5286 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1527
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5287 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1528
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5288 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1529
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5289 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1530
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5290 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1531
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5291 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1532
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5292 |
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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