Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5403 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 1640
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5400 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1641
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5401 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1642
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5402 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1643
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5403 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1644
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5404 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1645
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5405 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1646
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5406 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1647
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5407 |
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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