Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5516 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1756
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5516 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1757
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5517 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1758
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5518 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1759
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5519 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1760
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5520 |
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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