Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5437 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 1674
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5434 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1675
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5435 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1676
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5436 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1677
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5437 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1678
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5438 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1679
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5439 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1680
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5440 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1681
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5441 |
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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