Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6012 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Shmini.
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 2249
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6009 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2250
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6010 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2251
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6011 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2252
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 6012 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2253
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6013 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2254
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6014 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2255
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 6015 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2256
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6016 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Shmini · Leviticus 9:1-11:47; 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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