Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5856 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 2093
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5853 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2094
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5854 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2095
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5855 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2096
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5856 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2097
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5857 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2098
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5858 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2099
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5859 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2100
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5860 |
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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