Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3942 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 184
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 3944 | ||
Shabbat Parah 185
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3945 | ||
Shabbat Parah 186
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3946 |
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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