Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6202 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 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 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2442
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6202 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2443
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6203 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2444
Parashat Ki Tisa |
22 Adar 6204 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2445
Parashat Shmini |
23 Adar II 6205 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2446
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6206 |
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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