Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5745 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 1982
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5742 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1983
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5743 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1984
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5744 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1985
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5745 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1986
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5746 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1987
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5747 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1988
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5748 | ||
Shabbat Parah 1989
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5749 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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