Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5359 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 1596
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5356 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1597
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5357 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1598
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5358 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1599
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5359 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1600
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5360 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1601
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5361 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1602
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5362 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1603
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5363 |
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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