Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5803 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall 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 2040
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5800 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2041
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5801 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2042
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5802 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2043
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5803 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2044
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5804 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2045
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5805 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2046
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5806 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2047
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5807 |
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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