Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5474 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 1711
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5471 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1712
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5472 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1713
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5473 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1714
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5474 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1715
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5475 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1716
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5476 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1717
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5477 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1718
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5478 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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