Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5373 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 1610
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5370 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1611
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5371 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1612
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5372 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1613
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5373 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1614
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5374 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1615
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5375 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1616
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5376 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1617
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5377 |
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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