Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5993 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 2230
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5990 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2231
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 5991 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2232
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5992 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2233
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5993 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2234
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5994 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2235
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5995 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2236
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 5996 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2237
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 5997 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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