Shabbat Parah 239 - Shabbat of the Red Heifer

Shabbat Parah 239 / שַׁבָּת פּרה 3999

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Shabbat of the Red Heifer 🕍

Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 3999 began on Friday, 15 March 0239 and ended on Saturday, 16 March 0239. This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei.

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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Dates for Shabbat Parah

Holiday	Starts	Ends	Hebrew Date
Shabbat Parah 236 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 18Mar 18	SaturdaySat, March 19Mar 19	23 Adar II 3996
Shabbat Parah 237 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, March 3Mar 3	SaturdaySat, March 4Mar 4	20 Adar 3997
Shabbat Parah 238 Parashat Shmini	FridayFri, March 23Mar 23	SaturdaySat, March 24Mar 24	20 Adar II 3998
Shabbat Parah 239 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 15Mar 15	SaturdaySat, March 16Mar 16	23 Adar 3999
Shabbat Parah 240 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 28Feb 28	SaturdaySat, February 29Feb 29	18 Adar 4000
Shabbat Parah 241 Parashat Tzav	FridayFri, March 19Mar 19	SaturdaySat, March 20Mar 20	20 Adar II 4001
Shabbat Parah 242 Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei	FridayFri, March 11Mar 11	SaturdaySat, March 12Mar 12	23 Adar 4002
Shabbat Parah 243 Parashat Ki Tisa	FridayFri, February 24Feb 24	SaturdaySat, February 25Feb 25	18 Adar 4003

Tanakh

Shabbat Parah / שַׁבָּת פּרה
Saturday, 16 March 0239 / 23 Adar 3999

Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; Numbers 19:1-22

1: Exodus 35:1-29 · 29 p’sukim
2: Exodus 35:30-37:16 · 60 p’sukim
3: Exodus 37:17-29 · 13 p’sukim
4: Exodus 38:1-39:1 · 32 p’sukim
5: Exodus 39:2-21 · 20 p’sukim
6: Exodus 39:22-43 · 22 p’sukim
7: Exodus 40:1-38 · 38 p’sukim
maf*: Numbers 19:1-22 · 22 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Ashkenazim*: Ezekiel 36:16-38 · 23 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

Haftarah for Sephardim*: Ezekiel 36:16-36 · 21 p’sukim
*Shabbat Parah

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link): Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (paid link): Jewish Publication Society
Sefaria Tanakh: Sefaria.org
“Shabbat Parah” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia: Wikimedia Foundation Inc.

Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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