Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5921 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2162
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5922 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2163
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5923 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2164
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5924 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2165
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5925 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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