Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5829 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 2066
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5826 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2067
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5827 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2068
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5828 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2069
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5829 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2070
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5830 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2071
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5831 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2072
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5832 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2073
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5833 |
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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