Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3997 began on and ended on . This corresponds to Parashat Ki Tisa.
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 234
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3994 | ||
Shabbat Parah 235
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3995 | ||
Shabbat Parah 236
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 3996 | ||
Shabbat Parah 237
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 3997 | ||
Shabbat Parah 238
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 3998 | ||
Shabbat Parah 239
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 3999 | ||
Shabbat Parah 240
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 4000 | ||
Shabbat Parah 241
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 4001 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Ki Tisa · Exodus 30:11-34:35; 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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