Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5620 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 1857
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5617 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1858
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5618 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1859
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5619 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1860
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5620 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1861
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5621 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1862
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5622 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1863
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5623 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1864
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5624 |
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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