Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5931 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 2168
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5928 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2169
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5929 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2170
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 5930 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2171
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5931 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2172
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5932 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2173
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5933 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2174
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5934 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2175
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5935 |
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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