Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3958 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 195
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 3955 | ||
Shabbat Parah 196
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3956 | ||
Shabbat Parah 197
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3957 | ||
Shabbat Parah 198
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 3958 | ||
Shabbat Parah 199
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3959 | ||
Shabbat Parah 200
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 3960 | ||
Shabbat Parah 201
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3961 | ||
Shabbat Parah 202
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3962 |
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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