Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5481 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 1718
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5478 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1719
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5479 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1720
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5480 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1721
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5481 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1722
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5482 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1723
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5483 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1724
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5484 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1725
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5485 |
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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