Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5301 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 1538
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5298 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1539
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5299 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1540
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5300 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1541
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5301 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1542
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5302 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1543
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5303 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1544
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5304 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1545
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5305 |
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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