Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5393 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 1630
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5390 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1631
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5391 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1632
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5392 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1633
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5393 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1634
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5394 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1635
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5395 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1636
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5396 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1637
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5397 |
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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