Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5909 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 2146
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5906 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2147
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5907 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2148
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5908 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2149
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5909 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2150
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5910 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2151
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5911 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2152
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5912 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2153
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5913 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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