Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5494 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1734
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5494 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1735
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5495 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1736
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5496 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1737
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5497 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1738
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5498 |
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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