Shabbat Parah 2019 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 5779

Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5779 began on Friday, 29 March 2019 and ended on Saturday, 30 March 2019. 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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Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 30 March 2019 / 23 Adar II 5779

Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; Numbers 19:1-22

1. 1: Leviticus 9:1-16 · 16 p’sukim
2. 2: Leviticus 9:17-23 · 7 p’sukim
3. 3: Leviticus 9:24-10:11 · 12 p’sukim
4. 4: Leviticus 10:12-15 · 4 p’sukim
5. 5: Leviticus 10:16-20 · 5 p’sukim
6. 6: Leviticus 11:1-32 · 32 p’sukim
7. 7: Leviticus 11:33-47 · 15 p’sukim
8. maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
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Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)

Rabbi Michael Strassfeld

Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link)

Jewish Publication Society

Sefaria Tanakh

Sefaria.org

“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia

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