Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5968 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.
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 2205
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5965 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2206
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5966 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2207
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5967 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2208
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5968 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2209
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5969 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2210
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5970 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2211
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5971 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2212
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5972 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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