Shabbat Parah for Hebrew Year 6212 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 2449
Parashat Ki Tisa |
18 Adar 6209 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2450
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6210 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2451
Parashat Shmini |
20 Adar II 6211 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2452
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6212 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2453
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6213 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2454
Parashat Ki Tisa |
20 Adar 6214 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2455
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei |
23 Adar 6215 | ||
Shabbat Parah 2456
Parashat Tzav |
18 Adar II 6216 |
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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