Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5738 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1979
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5739 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1980
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5740 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1981
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5741 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1982
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5742 |
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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