Shabbat Parah 208 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 208 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 3968

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3968 began on Friday, 26 February 0208 and ended on Saturday, 27 February 0208. 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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 205 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 1Mar 1	SaturdaySat, March 2Mar 2	23 Adar 3965
Shabbat Parah 206 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 14Mar 14	SaturdaySat, March 15Mar 15	18 Adar II 3966
Shabbat Parah 207 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 6Mar 6	SaturdaySat, March 7Mar 7	20 Adar 3967
Shabbat Parah 208 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, February 26Feb 26	SaturdaySat, February 27Feb 27	23 Adar 3968
Shabbat Parah 209 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 17Mar 17	SaturdaySat, March 18Mar 18	23 Adar II 3969
Shabbat Parah 210 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 2Mar 2	SaturdaySat, March 3Mar 3	20 Adar 3970
Shabbat Parah 211 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 22Mar 22	SaturdaySat, March 23Mar 23	20 Adar II 3971
Shabbat Parah 212 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 13Mar 13	SaturdaySat, March 14Mar 14	23 Adar 3972

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 27 February 0208 / 23 Adar 3968

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 p’sukim
maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

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: Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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