Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5295 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 1532
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5292 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1533
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5293 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1534
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5294 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1535
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5295 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1536
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5296 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1537
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5297 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1538
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5298 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1539
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5299 |
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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