Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3979 began on and ended 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 222
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 3982 | ||
Shabbat Parah 223
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 3983 |
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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