Shabbat Parah 178 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 178 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 3938

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3938 began on Friday, 27 February 0178 and ended on Saturday, 28 February 0178. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 175 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 24Feb 24	SaturdaySat, February 25Feb 25	18 Adar 3935
Shabbat Parah 176 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 15Mar 15	SaturdaySat, March 16Mar 16	18 Adar II 3936
Shabbat Parah 177 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 7Mar 7	SaturdaySat, March 8Mar 8	20 Adar 3937
Shabbat Parah 178 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, February 27Feb 27	SaturdaySat, February 28Feb 28	23 Adar 3938
Shabbat Parah 179 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 12Mar 12	SaturdaySat, March 13Mar 13	18 Adar II 3939
Shabbat Parah 180 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 3Mar 3	SaturdaySat, March 4Mar 4	20 Adar 3940
Shabbat Parah 181 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 23Mar 23	SaturdaySat, March 24Mar 24	20 Adar II 3941
Shabbat Parah 182 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 15Mar 15	SaturdaySat, March 16Mar 16	23 Adar 3942

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 28 February 0178 / 23 Adar 3938

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 p’sukim
maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link): Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link): Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh: Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia: Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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