Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3939 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 176
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 3936 | ||
Shabbat Parah 177
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3937 | ||
Shabbat Parah 178
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3938 | ||
Shabbat Parah 179
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 3939 | ||
Shabbat Parah 180
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3940 | ||
Shabbat Parah 181
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 3941 | ||
Shabbat Parah 182
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3942 | ||
Shabbat Parah 183
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3943 |
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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