Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6124 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 2361
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6121 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2362
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6122 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2363
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6123 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2364
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6124 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2365
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6125 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2366
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6126 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2367
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6127 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2368
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6128 |
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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