Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5976 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 2213
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5973 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2214
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5974 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2215
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5975 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2216
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5976 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2217
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5977 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2218
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5978 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2219
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 5979 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2220
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 5980 |
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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