Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5866 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2106
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5866 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2107
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5867 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2108
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5868 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2109
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5869 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2110
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5870 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; 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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