Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5545 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 1782
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5542 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1783
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5543 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1784
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5544 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1785
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5545 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1786
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5546 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1787
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5547 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1788
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5548 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1789
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5549 |
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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