Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5649 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 1886
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5646 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1887
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5647 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1888
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5648 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1889
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5649 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1890
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5650 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1891
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5651 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1892
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5652 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1893
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5653 |
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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