Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6171 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 2408
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6168 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2409
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6169 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2410
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6170 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2411
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6171 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2412
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6172 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2413
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6173 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2414
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6174 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2415
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6175 |
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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