Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3977 began on and ended 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 214
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 3974 | ||
Shabbat Parah 215
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3975 | ||
Shabbat Parah 216
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3976 | ||
Shabbat Parah 217
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 3977 | ||
Shabbat Parah 218
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 3978 | ||
Shabbat Parah 219
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 3979 | ||
Shabbat Parah 220
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3980 | ||
Shabbat Parah 221
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 3981 |
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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