Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5896 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 2133
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5893 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2134
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5894 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2135
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5895 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2136
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5896 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2137
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5897 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2138
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5898 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2139
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5899 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2140
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5900 |
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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