Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5771 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 2008
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5768 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2009
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5769 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2010
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5770 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2011
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5771 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2012
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5772 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2013
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5773 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2014
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5774 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2015
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5775 |
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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