Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5704 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 1941
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5701 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1942
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5702 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1943
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5703 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1944
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5704 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1945
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5705 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1946
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5706 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1947
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5707 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1948
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5708 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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