Shabbat Parah 1578 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 5338

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5338 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.

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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 1575
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
23 Adar 5335
Shabbat Parah 1576
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 5336
Shabbat Parah 1577
Parashat Tzav
20 Adar II 5337
Shabbat Parah 1578
Parashat Vayakhel
22 Adar 5338
Shabbat Parah 1579
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 5339
Shabbat Parah 1580
Parashat Ki Tisa
18 Adar 5340
Shabbat Parah 1581
Parashat Ki Tisa
22 Adar 5341
Shabbat Parah 1582
Parashat Shmini
23 Adar II 5342

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; Numbers 19:1-22

  1. 1: Exodus 35:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
  2. 2: Exodus 35:21-29 · 9 p’sukim
  3. 3: Exodus 35:30-36:7 · 13 p’sukim
  4. 4: Exodus 36:8-19 · 12 p’sukim
  5. 5: Exodus 36:20-37:16 · 35 p’sukim
  6. 6: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
  7. 7: Exodus 38:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
  8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
    *Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)
Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh
Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Wikimedia Foundation Inc.
Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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