Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6116 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 2353
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 6113 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2354
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6114 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2355
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6115 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2356
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6116 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2357
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6117 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2358
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6118 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2359
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6119 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2360
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6120 |
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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