Shabbat Parah 218 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 218 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 3978

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3978 began on Friday, 6 March 0218 and ended on Saturday, 7 March 0218. This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.

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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 215 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 10Mar 10	SaturdaySat, March 11Mar 11	23 Adar 3975
Shabbat Parah 216 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 23Feb 23	SaturdaySat, February 24Feb 24	18 Adar 3976
Shabbat Parah 217 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 14Mar 14	SaturdaySat, March 15Mar 15	20 Adar II 3977
Shabbat Parah 218 Parashat Vayakhel	FridayFri, March 6Mar 6	SaturdaySat, March 7Mar 7	22 Adar 3978
Shabbat Parah 219 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 26Mar 26	SaturdaySat, March 27Mar 27	23 Adar II 3979
Shabbat Parah 220 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 10Mar 10	SaturdaySat, March 11Mar 11	18 Adar 3980
Shabbat Parah 221 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 2Mar 2	SaturdaySat, March 3Mar 3	22 Adar 3981
Shabbat Parah 222 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 22Mar 22	SaturdaySat, March 23Mar 23	23 Adar II 3982

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 7 March 0218 / 22 Adar 3978

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 35:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
2: Exodus 35:21-29 · 9 p’sukim
3: Exodus 35:30-36:7 · 13 p’sukim
4: Exodus 36:8-19 · 12 p’sukim
5: Exodus 36:20-37:16 · 35 p’sukim
6: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
7: Exodus 38:1-20 · 20 p’sukim
maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link): Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link): Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh: Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia: Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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