Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6157 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Vayakhel.
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 2394
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6154 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2395
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6155 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2396
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6156 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2397
Parashat Vayakhel |
22 Adar 6157 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2398
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6158 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2399
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6159 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2400
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6160 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2401
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6161 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel · Exodus 35:1-38:20; 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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