Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 5998 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2238
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 5998 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2239
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 5999 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2240
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6000 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2241
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 6001 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2242
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6002 |
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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