Shabbat Parah 188 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 188 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 3948

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3948 began on Friday, 7 March 0188 and ended on Saturday, 8 March 0188. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 185 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 11Mar 11	SaturdaySat, March 12Mar 12	23 Adar 3945
Shabbat Parah 186 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 24Feb 24	SaturdaySat, February 25Feb 25	18 Adar 3946
Shabbat Parah 187 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 16Mar 16	SaturdaySat, March 17Mar 17	20 Adar II 3947
Shabbat Parah 188 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 7Mar 7	SaturdaySat, March 8Mar 8	23 Adar 3948
Shabbat Parah 189 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 20Feb 20	SaturdaySat, February 21Feb 21	18 Adar 3949
Shabbat Parah 190 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 12Mar 12	SaturdaySat, March 13Mar 13	20 Adar II 3950
Shabbat Parah 191 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, March 4Mar 4	SaturdaySat, March 5Mar 5	22 Adar 3951
Shabbat Parah 192 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 23Mar 23	SaturdaySat, March 24Mar 24	23 Adar II 3952

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 8 March 0188 / 23 Adar 3948

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 p’sukim
maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link): Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link): Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh: Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia: Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

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The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
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