Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5711 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 1948
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5708 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1949
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5709 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1950
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5710 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1951
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5711 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1952
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5712 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1953
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5713 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1954
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5714 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1955
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5715 |
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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