Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5558 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1799
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5559 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1800
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5560 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1801
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5561 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1802
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5562 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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