Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6072 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 2309
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6069 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2310
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6070 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2311
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6071 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2312
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6072 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2313
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6073 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2314
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6074 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2315
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6075 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2316
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6076 |
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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