Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6004 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 2241
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 6001 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2242
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6002 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2243
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6003 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2244
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6004 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2245
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6005 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2246
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6006 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2247
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6007 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2248
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 6008 |
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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