Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5511 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 1748
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5508 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1749
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5509 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1750
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5510 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1751
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5511 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1752
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5512 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1753
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5513 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1754
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5514 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1755
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5515 |
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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