Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5413 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.
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 1650
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5410 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1651
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5411 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1652
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5412 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1653
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5413 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1654
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5414 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1655
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5415 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1656
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5416 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1657
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5417 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; 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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