Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6161 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . 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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Holiday | Starts | Ends | Hebrew Date |
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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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2402
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6162 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2403
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6163 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2404
Parashat Shmini |
22 Adar II 6164 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2405
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6165 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei · Exodus 35:1-40:38; 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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