Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6029 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 2266
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6026 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2267
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6027 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2268
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 6028 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2269
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6029 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2270
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6030 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2271
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6031 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2272
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6032 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2273
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6033 |
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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