Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5539 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.
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 1776
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5536 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1777
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5537 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1778
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5538 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1779
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5539 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1780
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5540 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1781
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5541 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1782
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5542 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1783
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5543 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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