Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5890 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 2127
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5887 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2128
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5888 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2129
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5889 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2130
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5890 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2131
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5891 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2132
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5892 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2133
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5893 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2134
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5894 |
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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