Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3952 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 189
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3949 | ||
Shabbat Parah 190
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 3950 | ||
Shabbat Parah 191
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 3951 | ||
Shabbat Parah 192
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 3952 | ||
Shabbat Parah 193
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3953 | ||
Shabbat Parah 194
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 3954 | ||
Shabbat Parah 195
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 3955 | ||
Shabbat Parah 196
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3956 |
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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