Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5661 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.
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 1898
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5658 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1899
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5659 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1900
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5660 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1901
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5661 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1902
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5662 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1903
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5663 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1904
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5664 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1905
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5665 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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