Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5320 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 1557
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5317 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1558
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5318 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1559
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5319 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1560
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5320 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1561
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5321 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1562
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5322 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1563
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5323 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1564
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5324 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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