Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5554 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 1791
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5551 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1792
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5552 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1793
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5553 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1794
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5554 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1795
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5555 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1796
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5556 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1797
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5557 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1798
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5558 |
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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