Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5581 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 1818
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5578 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1819
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5579 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1820
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5580 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1821
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5581 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1822
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5582 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1823
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5583 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1824
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5584 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1825
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5585 |
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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