Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5792 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 2029
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5789 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2030
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5790 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2031
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5791 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2032
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5792 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2033
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5793 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2034
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5794 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2035
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5795 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2036
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5796 |
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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