Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5917 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 2154
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5914 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2155
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5915 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2156
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5916 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2157
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5917 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2158
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5918 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2159
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5919 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2160
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5920 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2161
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5921 |
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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