Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5489 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 1726
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5486 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1727
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5487 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1728
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5488 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1729
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5489 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1730
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5490 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1731
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5491 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1732
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5492 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1733
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5493 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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