Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5734 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 1971
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5731 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1972
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5732 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1973
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5733 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1974
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5734 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1975
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5735 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1976
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5736 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1977
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5737 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1978
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5738 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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