Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5527 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 1764
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5524 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1765
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5525 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1766
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5526 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1767
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5527 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1768
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5528 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1769
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5529 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1770
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5530 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1771
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5531 |
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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