Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5843 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 2080
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5840 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2081
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5841 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2082
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5842 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2083
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5843 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2084
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5844 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2085
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5845 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2086
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5846 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2087
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5847 |
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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