Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3961 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 203
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 3963 | ||
Shabbat Parah 204
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3964 | ||
Shabbat Parah 205
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3965 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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