Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5641 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 1878
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5638 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1879
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5639 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1880
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5640 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1881
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5641 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1882
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5642 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1883
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5643 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1884
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5644 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1885
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5645 |
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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