Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6197 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on . This corresponds to Parashat Tzav.
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 2434
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6194 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2435
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6195 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2436
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6196 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2437
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6197 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2438
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6198 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2439
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6199 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2440
Parashat Tzav |
20 Adar II 6200 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2441
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6201 |
Torah Portion: Parashat Tzav · Leviticus 6:1-8:36; 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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