Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5453 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 1690
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5450 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1691
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5451 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1692
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5452 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1693
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5453 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1694
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5454 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1695
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5455 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1696
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5456 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1697
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5457 |
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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