Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6164 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2406
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6166 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2407
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6167 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2408
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6168 |
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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