Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5727 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 1964
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5724 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1965
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5725 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1966
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5726 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1967
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5727 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1968
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5728 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1969
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5729 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1970
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5730 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1971
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5731 |
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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