Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5684 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 1921
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5681 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1922
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5682 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1923
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5683 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1924
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5684 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1925
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5685 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1926
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5686 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1927
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5687 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1928
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5688 |
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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