Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5861 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2101
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5861 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2102
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5862 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2103
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5863 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2104
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5864 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2105
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5865 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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