Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5955 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 2192
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5952 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2193
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5953 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2194
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5954 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2195
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5955 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2196
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5956 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2197
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 5957 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2198
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5958 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2199
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5959 |
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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