Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3928 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 165
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 3925 | ||
Shabbat Parah 166
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3926 | ||
Shabbat Parah 167
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 3927 | ||
Shabbat Parah 168
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 3928 | ||
Shabbat Parah 169
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3929 | ||
Shabbat Parah 170
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3930 | ||
Shabbat Parah 171
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 3931 | ||
Shabbat Parah 172
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3932 |
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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