Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6080 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 2317
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6077 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2318
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6078 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2319
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 6079 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2320
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6080 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2321
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6081 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2322
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 6082 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2323
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6083 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2324
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6084 |
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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