Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5960 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.
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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2200
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5960 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2201
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 5961 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2202
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5962 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2203
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5963 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2204
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5964 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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