Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5426 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 1663
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5423 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1664
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5424 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1665
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5425 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1666
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5426 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1667
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5427 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1668
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5428 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1669
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5429 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1670
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5430 |
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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