Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3918 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 155
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3915 | ||
Shabbat Parah 156
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3916 | ||
Shabbat Parah 157
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 3917 | ||
Shabbat Parah 158
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3918 | ||
Shabbat Parah 159
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3919 | ||
Shabbat Parah 160
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 3920 | ||
Shabbat Parah 161
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3921 | ||
Shabbat Parah 162
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 3922 |
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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