Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5627 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.
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 1864
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5624 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1865
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5625 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1866
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5626 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1867
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5627 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1868
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5628 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1869
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5629 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1870
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5630 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1871
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5631 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; 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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